Valuation of Regulating Services of Ecosystems: Methodology and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780415539821 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 256 str.

Pushpam Kumar; Michael D. Wood

Opis

Since environmental goods and services are not fully transacted through the market, people attempt to estimate the value through non market valuation methods. This book analyzes the issues and covers the basic concepts and application of methodologies through case studies from all over the world.

Spis treści

Part 1: Concepts  1. An Introduction to the Valuation of Regulating Services  2. Valuing Ecosystem Services: Benefits, Values, Space and Time  3. Ecosystem Services: Managing Trade-Offs between Provisioning and Regulating Services  4. The "Ecosystem Service Framework": A Critical Assessment  Part 2: Methodological Applications  5. Evaluating the Economic Impacts of Water Harvesting in Burkina Faso  6. Accounting for Regulating Services  7. Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Coastal Ecosystems: Asian and European Perspectives  8. Valuing the Storm Protection Services of the Mangroves: Methodological and Data Challenges  9. European Forests and Carbon Sequestration Services: An Economic Assessment of Climate Change Impacts  10. Valuing the Services of Coral Reef Systems for Sustainable Coastal Management: A Case Study of the Gulf of Kachchh, India  Part 3: Synthesis  11. Institutions and Ecosystem Functions: The Case of Keti Bunder, Pakistan  12. Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Methods, Opportunities and Policy Implications  13. Conclusions on the Valuation of Regulating Services: Current Status and Future Perspectives