The Amenity Value of the Global Climate

ISBN-13: 9781853836787 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 160 str.

David Maddison

Opis

This text develops and applies a far-reaching account of the economic value of climate, derived from its amenity value or the benefits which a particular climate provides to the people of that region or country. As climate change moves higher on the economic and political agendas, reliable measures of the benefits and costs of specific climates and changes to them become ever-more critical.

Spis treści

Introduction * The Amenity Value of the Climate of Britain * The Amenity Value of the Climate: The Household Production Function Approach * The Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in Britain * In Search of Warmer Climates: the Impact of Climate Change on Flows of British Tourists * The Amenity Value of the Climate of Italy * The Effects of Climate on Welfare and Well-being in Russia * A Hedonic Study of the Non-market Impacts of Global Warming in the US * The Amenity Value of the Climate of India: A Household Production Function Approach * Appendix 1: The Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in Britain * Appendix 2: The Effects of Climate on Welfare and Well-being in Russia * Appendix 3: A Hedonic Study of the Non-market Impacts of Global Warming in the US * References * Index

O autorze

David Maddison is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), Associate Lecturer in the Department of Economics, University College London, and Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Hamburg.