The Contingent Valuation of Natural Parks
Title | The Contingent Valuation of Natural Parks PDF eBook |
Author | Paulo Augusto Lourenço Dias Nunes Nunes |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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Suggesting that contingency valuation techniques (based on stated preference methods) are useful tools for examining environmental goods and services, Nunes (environmental economics, Free U., The Netherlands) focuses on the modeling of the "warmglow" effect (the pleasure of protecting the environment). He tests whether warmglow is an underlying driving force of individual contingency valuation responses. The goal is to separate warmglow from willingness-to-pay (WTP) mean estimates in order to compute a purer WTP. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Economic Valuation of Protected Areas and the Demand for Visitation to US National Parks
Title | Economic Valuation of Protected Areas and the Demand for Visitation to US National Parks PDF eBook |
Author | Njoroge Ngure |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1999 |
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Consistency between contingent valuation estimates
Title | Consistency between contingent valuation estimates PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Bateman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Broads, The (England) |
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Valuing Natural Areas
Title | Valuing Natural Areas PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Lockwood |
Publisher | |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Natural areas |
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The Economics of Third World National Parks
Title | The Economics of Third World National Parks PDF eBook |
Author | Anup Shah |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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National parks and game reserves are under threat from exploitation by tourists and by people living on their borders. Parks, although highly valued by conservationists, are not protected from unregulated economic behaviour within and outside their borders. In The Economics of Third World National Parks, Anup Shah argues that parks and reserves are worth preserving, rigorously analyses the problem and advocates solutions drawing on a wide range of sources. Issues discussed include the effects of economic activity on a national park, the tourist problem, valuing a national park and the use of cost-benefit decision making. Dr Shah uses economic analysis to explore institutional arrangements which would compensate for externalities resulting from exploitation and over-use by tourists and local communities. The price mechanism, he argues, is not a satisfactory tool with which to protect areas of rich bio-diversity. The Economics of Third World National Parks presents a clear and thoughtful application of economic thought, and especially the concept of externalities, to a key problem which current institutional structures seem unable to resolve.
Evaluating Non-users Willingness to Pay for the Implementation of a Proposed National Parks Program in Amazonia
Title | Evaluating Non-users Willingness to Pay for the Implementation of a Proposed National Parks Program in Amazonia PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 57 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Willingness to pay |
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Nonmarket Valuation of Natural Resource Amenities
Title | Nonmarket Valuation of Natural Resource Amenities PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Ann Champ |
Publisher | |
Pages | 720 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Natural resources |
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