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Author : Timothy P. VandenBerg
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Assessing the Accuracy of Benefits Transfers written by Timothy P. VandenBerg and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert J. Johnston
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 940179930X
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Benefit Transfer of Environmental and Resource Values written by Robert J. Johnston and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive review of environmental benefit transfer methods, issues and challenges, covering topics relevant to researchers and practitioners. Early chapters provide accessible introductory materials suitable for non-economists. These chapters also detail how benefit transfer is used within the policy process. Later chapters cover more advanced topics suited to valuation researchers, graduate students and those with similar knowledge of economic and statistical theory and methods. This book provides the most complete coverage of environmental benefit transfer methods available in a single location. The book targets a wide audience, including undergraduate and graduate students, practitioners in economics and other disciplines looking for a one-stop handbook covering benefit transfer topics and those who wish to apply or evaluate benefit transfer methods. It is designed for those both with and without training in economics
Author : Patricia A. Champ
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9400771045
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation written by Patricia A. Champ and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-08 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a practical book with clear descriptions of the most commonly used nonmarket methods. The first chapters of the book provide the context and theoretical foundation of nonmarket valuation along with a discussion of data collection procedures. The middle chapters describe the major stated- and revealed-preference valuation methods. For each method, the steps involved in implementation are laid out and carefully explained with supporting references from the published literature. The final chapters of the book examine the relevance of experimentation to economic valuation, the transfer of existing nonmarket values to new settings, and assessments of the reliability and validity of nonmarket values. The book is relevant to individuals in many professions at all career levels. Professionals in government agencies, attorneys involved with natural resource damage assessments, graduate students, and others will appreciate the thorough descriptions of how to design, implement, and analyze a nonmarket valuation study.
Author : Peter Feather
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Calibrating Benefit Function Transfer to Assess the Conservation Reserve Program written by Peter Feather and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benefit transfer offers an inexpensive alternative to conducting an original study to determine economic value. Unfortunately, benefit transfers can also result in biased welfare estimates. In this paper, we suggest a method of calibrating the benefit transfer to reduce this bias. An empirical example to determine the benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program on water-based recreation illustrates the potentially large biases that can result if the transfer is not calibrated.
Author : Craig C. Pinder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (254 download)
Download or read book An Assessment of Some Hidden Costs and Benefits of Employee Transfers written by Craig C. Pinder and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Douglas Patton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Ex-Post Reliability Assessment of Benefit Transfer Valuation Estimates of Wetland Ecosystem Service Supported by Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge written by Douglas Patton and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerns about the accuracy of benefit transfer approaches remain a barrier to using low-cost benefit estimation techniques for policy decisions, or even as a rapid-assessment tool used for simulations or communication. In this paper, we present and discuss the process of generating benefit estimates for a large and contiguous expanse of freshwater wetlands in the southeastern United States through meta-analysis benefit transfer and use published precipitation, river discharge, and flood damage data to discuss the validity of the estimates.
Author : Janina Reibetanz
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 334613010X
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (461 download)
Download or read book The Economic Valuation of Non-Marketed Forest Benefits in Saxony written by Janina Reibetanz and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diploma Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Economy - Environment economics, grade: 1,5, University of Bayreuth (Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research), language: English, abstract: This thesis investigates the potential and limitation of benefit transfer application for the economic valuation of non-marketed forest benefits in Saxony. This time- and cost saving valuation technique can support political and business decisions by transferring monetary costs and benefits from environmental changes from a studied to an unstudied site. As benefit transfer is currently not applied in Saxony, the question becomes how far it can contribute to a better-informed regional decision procedure. To elicit the methodological experiences of this application field, a literature review investigates the technical state of the art. From a methodological perspective, research and application manages spatial, temporal, and ecological site differences and accuracy tests very heterogeneously. The majority refines function transfer with varying models methodologically, drawing on primary valuation studies on forest recreation. A minor fraction concentrates on applications with simplistic unit transfer are of a likewise technically inconsistent manner. Absence of homogeneous ethodological performance and experiences suggest an application of unit transfer for Saxony following a guideline by Navrud (2010). In a compact manner it guides a benefit transfer application on forest benefits. A transfer of a WTP for forest biodiversity demonstrates income-adjusted unit transfer to be principally possible for contexts requiring knowledge gains. However, under current conditions it faces distinct limitations. Valuation is restricted to a small empirical pool on non-marketed forest benefits in such a way that most indirect use and non-use values remain unapproachable. Therefore, further primary valuation studies are fruitful additions to enlarge the number of appraisable benefits. If thorough benefit transfers are pursued in Saxony, incomeadjusted unit transfer is recommended according to Navrud’s (2010) guideline to enable a methodological homogeneous and well-reported valuation. Further, the literature should be collected from databases with empirical studies satisfying the criteria of site similarity. Facilitating a regular prospective application in Saxony, interest and demand needs to be raised to create a legal framework for the internalization of non-marketed forest benefits in political and business decisions.
Author : Richard T. Carson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351881566
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)
Download or read book The Stated Preference Approach to Environmental Valuation, Volumes I, II and III written by Richard T. Carson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a truly enormous literature on using stated preference information to place a monetary value on environmental amenities. This three volume set provides the key papers for understanding the historical development of contingent valuation, its theoretical and statistical foundations, and the major controversies. It also contains representative papers covering all of the major application areas in environmental valuation.
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Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0080878857
Total Pages : 4604 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 4604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of estuaries and coasts has seen enormous growth in recent years, since changes in these areas have a large effect on the food chain, as well as on the physics and chemistry of the ocean. As the coasts and river banks around the world become more densely populated, the pressure on these ecosystems intensifies, putting a new focus on environmental, socio-economic and policy issues. Written by a team of international expert scientists, under the guidance of Chief Editors Eric Wolanski and Donald McClusky, the Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, Ten Volume Set examines topics in depth, and aims to provide a comprehensive scientific resource for all professionals and students in the area of estuarine and coastal science Most up-to-date reference for system-based coastal and estuarine science and management, from the inland watershed to the ocean shelf Chief editors have assembled a world-class team of volume editors and contributing authors Approach focuses on the physical, biological, chemistry, ecosystem, human, ecological and economics processes, to show how to best use multidisciplinary science to ensure earth's sustainability Provides a comprehensive scientific resource for all professionals and students in the area of estuarine and coastal science Features up-to-date chapters covering a full range of topics
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309256496
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Education for Life and Work written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans have long recognized that investments in public education contribute to the common good, enhancing national prosperity and supporting stable families, neighborhoods, and communities. Education is even more critical today, in the face of economic, environmental, and social challenges. Today's children can meet future challenges if their schooling and informal learning activities prepare them for adult roles as citizens, employees, managers, parents, volunteers, and entrepreneurs. To achieve their full potential as adults, young people need to develop a range of skills and knowledge that facilitate mastery and application of English, mathematics, and other school subjects. At the same time, business and political leaders are increasingly asking schools to develop skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and self-management - often referred to as "21st century skills." Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century describes this important set of key skills that increase deeper learning, college and career readiness, student-centered learning, and higher order thinking. These labels include both cognitive and non-cognitive skills- such as critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, effective communication, motivation, persistence, and learning to learn. 21st century skills also include creativity, innovation, and ethics that are important to later success and may be developed in formal or informal learning environments. This report also describes how these skills relate to each other and to more traditional academic skills and content in the key disciplines of reading, mathematics, and science. Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century summarizes the findings of the research that investigates the importance of such skills to success in education, work, and other areas of adult responsibility and that demonstrates the importance of developing these skills in K-16 education. In this report, features related to learning these skills are identified, which include teacher professional development, curriculum, assessment, after-school and out-of-school programs, and informal learning centers such as exhibits and museums.
Author : The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309252458
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Ecosystem Services written by The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural environments provide enormously valuable, but largely unappreciated, services that aid humans and other earthlings. It is becoming clear that these life-support systems are faltering and failing worldwide due to human actions that disrupt nature's ability to do its beneficial work. Ecosystem Services: Charting a Path to Sustainability documents the National Academies' Keck Futures Initiative Conference on Ecosystem Services. At this conference, participants were divided into 14 interdisciplinary research teams to explore diverse challenges at the interface of science, engineering, and medicine. The teams needed to address the challenge of communicating and working together from a diversity of expertise and perspectives as they attempted to solve a complicated, interdisciplinary problem in a relatively short time. Ecosystem Services: Charting a Path to Sustainability describes how ecosystem services scientists work to document the direct and indirect links between humanity's well-being and the many benefits provided by the natural systems we occupy. This report explains the specific topics the interdisciplinary research teams addressed at the conference, including the following: -how ecosystem services affect infectious and chronic diseases -how to identify what resources can be produced renewably or recovered by developing intense technologies that can be applied on a massive scale -how to develop social and technical capabilities to respond to abrupt changes in ecosystem services -how to design agricultural and aquacultural systems that provide food security while maintaining the full set of ecosystem services needed from landscapes and seascapes -how to design production systems for ecosystem services that improve human outcomes related to food and nutrition -how to develop appropriate methods to accurately value natural capital and ecosystem services -how to design a federal policy to maintain or improve natural capital and ecosystem services within the United States, including measuring and documenting the effectiveness of the policy -how to design a system for international trade that accounts for impacts on ecosystem services -how to develop a program that increases the American public's appreciation of the basic principles of ecosystem services
Author : Doug Elliott
Publisher : Elsevier Australia
ISBN 13 : 0729537706
Total Pages : 761 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (295 download)
Download or read book ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing written by Doug Elliott and published by Elsevier Australia. This book was released on 2007 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed in conjunction with the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), the text has been written and edited by the most senior and experienced critical care nursing clinicians and academics across the region. ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing is a resource that will foster the development of skilled and confident critical care nurses. This comprehensive text provides detailed coverage of a number of specialty areas within critical care nursing including intensive care, emergency nursing, cardiac nursing, neuroscience nursing and acute care. It will encourage students to be reflective practitioners, ethical decision-makers and providers of evidence-based care. Written by expert clinicians, academics, and educators Pedagogically rich chapters with learning objectives, key terms, case studies, practice tips, article abstracts, learning activities, research vignettes Heavily illustrated and referenced Reflects current clinical practice, policies, procedures and guidelines The text has a patient-centred approach and will provide students with a sound knowledge base and critical thinking skills Image bank of all illustrations from the text will be available to lecturers for teaching
Author : Jonathan M. Harris
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317216202
Total Pages : 1046 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)
Download or read book Environmental and Natural Resource Economics written by Jonathan M. Harris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental issues are of fundamental importance, and a broad approach to understanding the relationship of the human economy and the natural world is essential. In a rapidly changing policy and scientific context, this new edition of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics reflects an updated perspective on modern environmental topics. Now in its fourth edition, this book includes new material on climate change, the cost-competitiveness of renewable energy, global environmental trends, and sustainable economies. The text provides a balanced treatment of both standard environmental economics and ecological economics, based on the belief that these two approaches are complementary. Several chapters focus on the core concepts of environmental economics, including the theory of externalities, the management of public goods, the allocation of resources across time, environmental valuation, and cost-benefit analysis. Material on ecological economics includes such topics as macroeconomic scale, entropy, and "green" national accounting. Topical chapters focus on: energy; climate change; water resources; international trade; forests; fisheries; and agriculture, with an emphasis on designing effective policies to promote sustainability and a "green" economy. Harris and Roach’s premise is that a pluralistic approach is essential to understand the complex nexus between the economy and the environment. This perspective, combined with its emphasis on real-world policies, is particularly appealing to both instructors and students. This is the ideal text for classes on environmental, natural resource, and ecological economics. The book's companion website is available at: http://www.bu.edu/eci/education-materials/textbooks/environmental-and-natural-resource-economics/
Author : Debarati Guha-Sapir
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199841942
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters written by Debarati Guha-Sapir and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the turn of the millennium, more than one million people have been killed and 2.3 billion others have been directly affected by natural disasters around the world. In cases like the 2010 Haiti earthquake or the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, these disasters have time and time again wrecked large populations and national infrastructures. While recognizing that improved rescue, evacuation, and disease control are crucial to reducing the effects of natural disasters, in the final analysis, poverty remains the main risk factor determining the long-term impact of natural hazards. Furthermore, natural disasters have themselves a tremendous impact on the poorest of the poor, who are often ill-prepared to deal with natural hazards and for whom a hurricane, an earthquake, or a drought can mean a permanent submersion in poverty. The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters focuses on these concerns for poverty and vulnerability. Written by a collection of esteemed scholars in disaster management and sustainable development, the report provides an overview of the general trends in natural disasters and their effects by focusing on a critical analysis of different methodologies used to assess the economic impact of natural disasters. Economic Impacts presents six national case studies (Bangladesh, Vietnam, India, Nicaragua, Japan and the Netherlands) and shows how household surveys and country-level macroeconomic data can analyze and quantify the economic impact of disasters. The researchers within Economic Impacts have created path-breaking work and have opened new avenues for thinking and debate to push forward the frontiers of knowledge on economics of natural disasters.
Author : Cymie Payne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199875766
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book Gulf War Reparations and the UN Compensation Commission written by Cymie Payne and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Gulf War Reparations and the UN Compensation Commission: Environmental Liability, experts who held leadership positions and worked directly with the UNCC draw on their experience with the institution and provide a comprehensive view of the United Nations Compensation Comission and its work in the aftermath of the Gulf War. In this volume, the first of two on the UNCC's work, the authors explain that the United Nations Security Council established the ad hoc compensation commission to address reparations as a component of the ceasefire following Iraq's 1990-91 invasion and occupation of Kuwait. The authors also describe how the work of the United Nations Compensation Commission addressed important questions of state responsibility, environmental liability, mass claims processing, international law, and dispute settlement institutions in the post-armed conflict context. Readers will also learn that the scope and the scale of the UNCC was extraordinary, since almost 2.7 million claims from 80-plus countries were submitted to the Commission (which awarded in excess of $55 billion and has paid out more than half of that total), and that this led to the development of innovative procedural, institutional and managerial approaches in handling mass, environmental, and corporate claims at a scale that is unparalleled. Additionally, the books note that the Commission also contributed to the evolution of international jurisprudence in these areas.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1484 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for ... written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 1484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1484 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2007 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
