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082	0	0	_a363.7056091724 _bVAL
245	0	0	_aValuing the environment in developing countries : case studies
260			_aCheltenham, UK ; _aNorthampton, MA : _bElgar, _c©2002.
300			_axii, 585 p. : _billustrations ;
500			_aIncluded Index.
505			_a1. Introduction -- Part I. Air quality, water supply, and water quality -- 2. Quantifying and valuing life expectancy changes due to air pollution in developing countries -- 3. Valuing river water quality in China -- 4. Valuing improvements to sanitation in Malaysia -- 5. Valuing dryland water supply in Zimbabwe -- 6. Willingness to pay for improved water quality in Kathmandu -- Part II. Valuing biological diversity -- 7. Conflicts in conservation: the many values of the black rhinoceros -- 8. Optimal ecotourism: the economic value of the giant panda in China -- 9. Valuing visits to game parks in South Africa -- 10. The economic returns to wildlife management in southern Africa -- 11. The economic value of pollution damage in the Pantanal -- 12. Valuing a marine park in Malaysia -- Part III. Valuing forest functions -- 13. Tropical forest values in Mexico -- 14. Can carbon trading reduce deforestation by slash-and-burn farmers? -- 15. Using an income accounting framework to value non-timber forest products -- 16. The economic value of Mount Cameroon: alternative land use options -- 17. Is sustainable forestry economically possible? -- 18. Economic analysis of alternative mangrove management strategies in Cambodia -- 19. Economic analysis of tropical forest land use options in Cambodia -- Index.
520			_aThe substantial and growing interest in the monetary valuation of preferences for environmental improvement, and against environmental damage, has prompted a demand for case studies illustrating methodologies and applications of valuation techniques.
650		0	_aEnvironmental policy
650		0	_aNatural resources
650		0	_aEnvironmental quality
650		0	_aEnvironmental impact analysis
650		0	_aEconomic development projects
700	1		_aPearce, David W. (Editor)
700	1		_aPearce, Corin. (Editor)
700	1		_aPalmer, Charles. (Editor)
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