1. Issues in water pricing reforms : from getting correct prices to setting appropriate institutions -- 2. Spatial environmental policy -- 3. Environmental equity and the siting of hazardous waste facilities in OECD Countries : evidence and policies -- 4. Strategies to conserve biodiversity --...

1. Introduction -- 2. Economic criteria for water allocation and valuation -- 3. Water as an economic good -- 4. Appraising flood control investments in the UK -- 5. Cost-benefit analysis and flood control policy in the Netherlands -- 6. Cost-benefit analysis of river restoration in Denmark --...

1. The management of high seas fisheries resources and the implementation of the UN Fish Stocks Agreement of 1995 -- 2. Choosing environmental risks -- 3. Stability and design of international environmental agreements : the case of transboundary pollution -- 4. Managing environmental risk...

This book discusses important recent developments in the theory, concepts and empirical applications of ecological economics and sustainable development. The editors have assembled a fascinating collection of papers from some of the leading scholars in the field of ecological economics

Non-market valuation has become a broadly accepted and widely practiced means of measuring the economic values of the environment and natural resources. In this book, the authors provide a guide to the statistical and econometric practices that economists employ in estimating non-market values