This book presents an in-depth assessment of the most recent conceptual and methodological developments in cost-benefit analysis and the environment. It examines how costs and benefits are evaluated and given monetary value, how to take into account impacts on future generations and impacts of...

Preface -- Introduction : ecology at the margins -- Part I: Who should bear the costs and burdens of environmentalism?. What is "tragic" about the tragedy of the Commons? ; Are environmental problems "prisoners' dilemmas"? ; The non-excludability problem ; Fairness and non-excludability ;...

The current, unprecedented loss of global biodiversity resulting from anthropogenic interference in the world's ecosystems is affecting human well-being across the globe with increasing severity. This book examines two issues that are at the center of the public discussion on biodiversity. It...