Valuing ecosystem services : toward better environmental decision-making / / Committee on Assessing and Valuing the Services of Aquatic and Related Terrestrial Ecosystems, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7
• Soggetto topico: Aquatic ecology - Economic aspects; Biotic communities - Economic aspects; Environmental policy - Decision making; Environmental protection - Decision making
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Meaning of Value and Use of Economic Valuation in the Environmental Policy Decision-Making Process""; ""3 Aquatic and Related Terrestrial Ecosystems""; ""4 Methods of Non-market Valuation""; ""5 Translating Ecosystem Functions to the Value of Ecosystem Services: Case Studies""; ""6 Judgment, Uncertainty, and Valuation""; ""7 Ecosystem Valuation: Synthesis and Future Directions""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Summary of Related NRC Reports""; ""Appendix B Household Production Function Models"" ; ""Appendix C Production Function Models""""Appendix D Committee and Staff Biographical Information""
• Titolo autorizzato: Valuing ecosystem services
• ISBN: 0-309-13345-9; 1-280-17584-2; 9786610175840; 0-309-54586-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814537303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II