Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment

Name: Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment
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ISBN: 9781852789473

ISBN-10: 1852789476

ISBN-13: 9781852789473

Edition: 1994

Authors: Nick Hanley, Clive L. Spash

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This work provides a discussion of the key issues surrounding the incorporation of environmental factors into modern cost-benefit analysis. The book, intended for undergraduates and postgraduates in environmental economics, reinforces its thesis with case studies.

Book details

List price: $57.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Preface



Introduction



The Welfare Foundations of CBA



Valuing Environmental Goods (1): The Contingent Valuation Method



Valuing Environmental Goods (2): The Hedonic Pricing Method



Valuing Environmental Goods (3): The Travel Cost Method



Valuing Environmental Goods (4): Production Function Approaches



How Good are our Valuation Methods?



Discounting and the Environment



Irreversibility, Ecosystem Complexity, Institutional Capture and Sustainability



Tropospheric Ozone Damage to Agricultural Crops



Costs and Benefits of Controlling Nitrate Pollution



Valuing Habitat Protection



Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Greenhouse Effect



Environmental Limits to CBA?


Index