Valuing Ecosystem Services

Toward better environmental decision-making

National Research Council

290 pages, parution le 31/12/2004

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Résumé

Nutrient recycling, habitat for plants and animals, flood control, and water supply are among the many beneficial services provided by aquatic ecosystems. In making decisions about human activities, such as draining a wetland for a housing development, it is essential to consider both the value of the development and the value of the ecosystem services that could be lost. Despite a growing recognition of the importance of ecosystem services, their value is often overlooked in environmental decision-making. This report identifies methods for assigning economic value to ecosystem services even intangible ones and calls for greater collaboration between ecologists and economists in such efforts.

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National Research Council of the National Academies

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Introduction
The meaning of value and use of economic valuation in the environmental policy decision-making process
Aquatic and related terrestrial ecosystems
Methods of nonmarket valuation
Translating ecosystem functions to the value of ecosystem services : case studies
Judgment, uncertainty, and valuation
Ecosystem valuation : synthesis and future directions
App. A Summary of related NRC reports
App. B Household production function models
App. C Production function models
App. D Committee and staff biographical information

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Éditeur(s)	The National Academies Press
Auteur(s)	National Research Council
Parution	31/12/2004
Nb. de pages	290
Format	15,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	470g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780309093187
ISBN13	978-0-309-09318-7