Biodiversity Economics: Principles, Methods and Applications - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521866839 ISBN 13: 9780521866835

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Human induced biodiversity loss is greater now than at any time in human history, with extinctions occurring at rates hundreds of times higher than background extinction levels. The field of biodiversity economics analyses the socio-economic causes of and solutions to biodiversity loss by combining the disciplines of economics, ecology and biology. This field has shown a remarkable degree of transformation over the past four decades and now incorporates the analysis of the entire diversity of biological resources within the living world. Biodiversity Economics presents a series of papers that show how bio-economic analysis can be applied to the examination and evaluation of the problem of various forms of biodiversity loss. Containing insightful bio-economic research by some of prominent practitioners in the field, this volume will be an essential research tool to those working on biodiversity issues in the academic, policy and private sectors.

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Book Description

The field of biodiversity economics has shown a remarkable degree of transformation over the past four decades. With contributions from many leading figures in the field, this book shows how developments in bio-economic analysis can be applied to the examination and evaluation of various forms of biodiversity loss.

About the Author

Timothy Swanson is Chair in Law and Economics at the Department of Economics and Faculty of Law, University College London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521866839
• ISBN 13: 9780521866835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 692
• Editor: Kontoleon Andreas, Pascual Unai, Swanson Timothy