Economic Values and the Environment in the Developing World - Hardcover

Georgiou, Stavros; Whittington, Dale; Pearce, David; Moran, Dominic

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1858985005 ISBN 13: 9781858985008

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

Overviews the application of economic valuation techniques to environmental problems in less developed countries. Demonstrates the importance of economic valuation in devising sound environmental policies and development initiatives, and gives examples of applications of valuation in various countries. Of interest to environmental economists, project appraisal analysts, policy makers, and graduate students of development and environmental economics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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About the Author

Stavros Georgiou, Senior Research Associate, CSERGE, University of East Anglia, UK, Dale Whittington, Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, US, the late David Pearce, formerly Emeritus Professor of Economics, University College London, UK and Dominic Moran, Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, UK

Review

`This collection is an extensive, yet concise, overview that critically surveys the application of economic valuation techniques to environmental problems in less developed countries.' -- Public Administration, Development, and Environment `. . . I suspect that this book does provide a useful service to policy makers and others who are interested in valuation, but who have very little formal training in environmental economics. . . this book's contribution lies in the fact that it does contain a fairly comprehensive bibliography of materials related to economic valuation.' -- Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Kyklos `They [the authors] provide a brief, but informative and accessible overview of economic valuation methodology and then illustrate this with a number of detailed developing-country case studies. This is supported by a comprehensive and up-to-date annotated bibliography of case studies on valuation in developing countries.' -- Joanne C. Burgess, University of York, UK `The book has suceeded in demonstrating the utility of environmental evaluation techniques in the context of the developing countries in a clear and concise maner.' -- S. Mohan, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1858985005
• ISBN 13: 9781858985008
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192