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Integrated assessment and management of public resources

Perali, Federico (contributor); … - 2006

This multidisciplinary work explores ways of making environmental policy decisions in managing public goods and natural parks with the goal of maximizing economic benefits to society. The contributors to the volume seek the best strategies for improving the environmental sustainability and...

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Valuing nature with travel cost models : a manual

Ward, Frank A. - 2000

1. Support for environmental policy decisions -- 2. History and scope of TCM -- 3. Demand theory and TCM -- 4. Benefits theory and TCM -- 5. Design principles for TCMs -- 6. Design and administration of surveys -- 7. Measurement of the variables -- 8. Data management and analysis -- 9....

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Valuing complex natural resource systems : the case of the Lagoon of Venice

Alberini, Anna (contributor); … - 2006

In complex natural resource systems, modifications or disruptions tend to affect many and diverse components of the ecological system, settlements and groups of people. This book uses the Lagoon of Venice-- a unique natural resource, wildlife habitat, centre of cultural heritage and recreational...

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The contingent valuation of natural parks : assessing the warmglow propensity factor

Nunes, Paulo Augusto Lourenço Dias Nunes - 2002

The contingent valuation technique for measuring the economic value of environmental goods and services has become increasingly popular in recent years and has many advantages over other revealed or stated preference methods. It has been criticised, however, for being inconsistent with economic...

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Nature and agriculture in the European union : new perspectives on policies that shape the European countryside

Brouwer, Floor (contributor); … - 2002

Nature and agriculture both shape the European countryside and one of the main challenges for the years to come will be … role of agriculture and nature policy and will guide the identification of suitable policy instruments …pt. 1. Methodology -- pt. 2. Cases on the interaction between agriculture and nature -- pt. 3. Mitigation and …

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Biodiversity, conservation, and sustainable development : principles and practices with Asian examples

Tisdell, Clement Allan - 1999

conservation of nature * priorities for the financial support of protected areas * the extent to which ecotourism can be harnessed …This important book highlights the conflicts between economic growth and the conservation of nature in the context of … an overview of the challenges of economics, nature conservation and sustainable development and goes on to discuss …

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Public sector entrepreneurship : innovative pricing policies for U.S. national parks

Link, Albert N. - 2022

"This timely book argues that the overcrowding of national parks in the United States represents a social problem in need of public sector action and a policy solution, as no systematic means to address this problem has been implemented either nationally or on a park-by-park basis. Throughout...

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The economics of tourism and sustainable development

Lanza, Alessandro (contributor); Markandya, Anil (contributor) - 2005

1. An investigation on the growth performance of small tourism countries -- 2. Forecasting international tourism demand and uncertainty for Barbados, Cyprus and Fiji -- 3. Land, environmental externalities and tourism development -- 4. Tourism, increasing returns and welfare -- 5. How to develop...

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The new economics of outdoor recreation

Hanley, Nick (contributor); Wright, Robert E. (contributor); … - 2003

This innovative book presents a series of up-to-date analyses of the economics of outdoor recreation. The distinguished group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems. An extensive introduction by the editors details the...

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Valuing recreation and the environment : revealed preference methods in theory and practice

Herriges, Joseph A. (ed.); Kling, Catherine L. (ed.) - 1999

This impressive volume analyzes revealed preference approaches to modelling the demand for recreational resources. It presents one of the most thorough treatments of methods that rely on observed behavior to estimate the value of environmental amenities. The authors have brought together a...

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