ch. 1. Introduction : the purpose and contents of this manual -- ch. 2. Using appraisals to make better choices -- ch. 3. Flood risk management benefits : theory and practice -- ch. 4. Flood damage to residential properties and related social impacts -- ch. 5. Flood damage to non-residential...

In this book, the first of two volumes, the authors provide detailed case studies of valuation techniques that have been used in developing countries. They demonstrate that valuation works and that it can yield significant insights into policy-relevant issues regarding conservation and economic...

his pioneering book explores the influence of human values on the willingness of individuals to pay for the conservation of individual wildlife species (and classes of these), to be for or against their survival, and to favour or oppose their harvesting. -- Clement Tisdell combines original...