Valuation of regulating services of ecosystems : methodology and applications / / edited by Pushpam Kumar and Michael D. Wood

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.95/16
• Soggetto topico: Ecosystem services; Ecology - Economic aspects; Valuation; Environmental economics
• Altri autori: KumarPushpam WoodMichael D
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 An introduction to the valuation of regulating services; Part I: Concepts; 2 Valuing ecosystem services: Benefits, values, space and time; 3 Ecosystem services: Managing trade-offs between provisioning and regulating services; 4 The "ecosystem service framework": A critical assessment; Part II: Methodological applications; 5 Evaluating the economic impacts of water harvesting in Burkina Faso; 6 Accounting for regulating services; 7 Valuation of ecosystem services in coastal ecosystems: Asian and European perspectives ; 8 Valuing the storm protection services of mangroves: Methodological and data challenges9 European forests and carbon sequestration services: An economic assessment of climate change impacts; 10 Valuing the services of coral reef systems for sustainable coastal management: A case study of the Gulf of Kachchh, India; Part III: Synthesis; 11 Institutions and ecosystem functions: The case of Keti Bunder, Pakistan; 12 Valuation of ecosystem services: Methods, opportunities and policy implications; 13 Valuation of regulating services: Key issues and future perspectives; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Policy and management decisions are often made on financial grounds. However, the economic value of the benefits that people derive from ecosystems, that is, ecosystem services, may not be fully recognised and hence ecosystem considerations may not be incorporated adequately into decision-making processes. This is particularly true for regulating services, the benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes, the valuation of which requires an interdisciplinary approach. In essence, valuation is a problem solving strategy and a problem is a problem, it does not respect the bound
• Titolo autorizzato: Valuation of regulating services of ecosystems
• ISBN: 1-136-94244-0; 1-136-94245-9; 1-282-65613-9; 9786612656132; 0-203-84760-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809461803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge explorations in environmental economics ; ; 27.