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Book Description: Taylor and Francis(Routledge), 2008. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 9.213 by 6.142 inches. (240 pages) This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. Ecosystem services can be broady defined as the aspects of ecosystems that provide benefits to peope. This book provides guidance on the vauation of ecosystem services, using the case of mutifunctiona wetands to iustrate and make recommendations regarding the methods and techniques that can be appied to appraise management options. It provides a review of ecosystem service vauation rationae, incuding its importance from both a poicy and project appraisa perspective, and a usefu reference when considering poicy and appraisa of ecosystem management options. It shows how ega obigations and other high-eve management targets shoud be taken into account in vauation exercises, thus giving important poicy context to the management options. The authors set out what they ca an Ecosystem Services Approach to the fu appraisa of the roe of ecosystem services in the economy and society. Athough concentrating on wetands, the approaches suggested provide an assessment framework that can be appied to other types of ecosystem assets.Introduction * The Ecosystem Services Approach to Natura Resource Management * Poicy Appraisa Perspectives and Socio-economic Appraisa Approaches * The Ecosystem Services Approach: Vauation of Muti-functiona Wetands * Economic Vauation of Wetand Ecosystem Services in Practice * Vauation of Muti-functiona Wetand: Case Studies * Concusions and Future Prospects * Bibiography * Index'This is the definitive voume on understanding and vauing wetand ecosystem services. With rapidy growing interest in ecosystem services and appications in a broad range of contexts, this voume is absoutey essentia.' Robert Costanza, Professor of ecoogica economics, University of Vermont, USA 'Brings the subject together in a text that combines theory, principes and practica appications - in a way that wi be of interest to researchers and practitioners.' Joe Morris, Professor of resource economics and management, Cranfied University, UK 'A vauabe reference' S.G. Shetron, emeritus professor, Michigan Technoogica University, USA (Hardback). Bookseller Inventory # AG1844076156

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Book Description: Earthscan / James & James, 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 229 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # 1844076156

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