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UNINA9910811746503321 |
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Autore |
Bateman Ian |
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Titolo |
Applied environmental economics : a GIS approach to cost-benefit analysis / / Ian J. Bateman, Andrew A. Lovett and Julii S. Brainard |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-13191-X |
1-280-16096-9 |
1-139-14760-9 |
0-511-11999-2 |
0-511-06409-8 |
0-511-05776-8 |
0-511-32266-6 |
0-511-49346-0 |
0-511-07255-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxi, 335 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environmental economics |
Environmental economics - Research |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-331) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Recreation: valuation methods -- Recreation: predicting values -- Recreation: predicting visits -- Timber valuation -- Modelling and mapping timber yield and value -- Modelling and valuing carbon sequestration in trees, timber products and forest soils -- Modelling opportunity cost: agricultural output values -- Cost benefit analysis using GIS. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The complex real-world interactions between the economy and the environment form both the focus of and main barrier to applied research within the field of environmental economics. However, geographical information systems (GIS) allow economists to tackle such complexity head on by directly incorporating diverse datasets into applied research rather than resorting to simplifying and often unrealistic assumptions. This innovative book applies GIS techniques to |
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