Download or read book Review of Monetary and Nonmonetary Valuation of Environmental Investments written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review of Monetary and Nonmonetary Valuation of Environmental Investments written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report was prepared under the Monetary and Other Valuation Techniques Work Unit of the USACEEvaluation of Environmental Investments Research Program. Overall, the objectives of this Work Unit are to: (1) identify relevant socioeconomic use and nonuse values associated with environmental projects; (2) improve the linkages between environmental output measures and necessary inputs to socioeconomic evaluation; (3) develop, test, and provide guidance for nonmarket valuation of environmental project outputs; and (4) assess the appropriateness of nonmonetary evaluation techniques for prioritizing programs at the national level. The conceptual foundation and institutional setting for pursuing further study are developed in this initital report. Specific objectives are to: (1) describe services provided by environmental resources and systems and methods for their measurement or valuation; (2) review existing research programs and products; and (3) evaluate the resource constraints on potential Corps' field applications. The report concludes with recommendations for further research. Independent expert views from an economist, engineer, ecologist and psychologist as to environmental outputs and valuation techniques are included as appendicies. (MM).
Download or read book Financial Evaluation of Environmental Investments written by Tuula Moilanen and published by IChemE. This book was released on 1996 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional ways of analyzing investments, like net present value or payback calculations, do not deal adequately with environmental issues. Future liabilities and the long time-scale over which a product or process has an impact on the environment are not generally included, and risk is not incorporated properly. This text takes a holistic view of decision-making. The authors advance a methodology which puts the expected monetary values of different investment and risk scenarios into a mathematical model. Features of the model are a wider set of cost-benefits, a disciplined approach to risk and uncertainty, a consideration of the environmental aspects of every facet of an investment, quantification of less tangible things like corporate image and future liabilities, and a strict treatment of items like pollution monitoring that have been passed off as overheads. Case studies and examples of analysis to help you put it all into practice are included.
Download or read book Valuing Ecosystem Services written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-05-14 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nutrient recycling, habitat for plants and animals, flood control, and water supply are among the many beneficial services provided by aquatic ecosystems. In making decisions about human activities, such as draining a wetland for a housing development, it is essential to consider both the value of the development and the value of the ecosystem services that could be lost. Despite a growing recognition of the importance of ecosystem services, their value is often overlooked in environmental decision-making. This report identifies methods for assigning economic value to ecosystem servicesâ€"even intangible onesâ€"and calls for greater collaboration between ecologists and economists in such efforts.
Download or read book Contingent Valuation written by R. Carson and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major reference work the first of its kind provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the large and growing literature on contingent valuation. It includes entries on over 7,500 contingent valuation papers and studies from over 130 countries covering both the published and grey literatures. This book provides an interpretive historical account of the development of contingent valuation, the most commonly used approach to placing a value on goods not normally sold in the marketplace. The major fields catalogued here include culture, the environment, and health application. This bibliography is an ideal starting point for researchers wanting to find other studies that have valued goods or used techniques similar to those they are interested in. For those wanting to conduct meta analyses, the book will serve as an invaluable guide to source material. For those wanting to conduct meta analyses, the book will serve as an invaluable guide to source material. In addition to the print edition we offer access, for purchasers of the book, to a website providing the contents of as a searchable Word document and in a variety of standard bibliographic database forms. Contingent Valuation is an indispensable reference source for researchers, scholars and policymakers concerned with survey approaches to the problem of environmental valuation.
Download or read book Rio Salado Environmental Restoration of Two Sites Along the Salt River 1 Phoenix Reach and 2 Tempe Reach Feasibility Report Phoenix and Tempe written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saving Small Island Developing States written by Shyam Nath and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2010 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small island states have a big problem - the environmental consequences of climate change. This text introduces and explains the key environmental policy challenges and suggested responses to them.
Download or read book Planning Manual written by Charles E. Yoe and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Planning Manual written by Victoria. Town and Country Planning Board and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1971 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monthly Catalogue United States Public Documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Directions in Water Resources Planning for the U S Army Corps of Engineers written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-04-29 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has long been one of the federal government's key agencies in planning the uses of the nation's waterways and water resources. Though responsible for a range of water-related programs, the Corps's two traditional programs have been flood damage reduction and navigation enhancement. The water resource needs of the nation, however, have for decades been shifting away from engineered control of watersheds toward restoration of ecosystem services and natural hydrologic variability. In response to these shifting needs, legislation was enacted in 1990 which initiated the Corps's involvement in ecological restoration, which is now on par with the Corps's traditional flood damage reduction and navigation roles. This book provides an analysis of the Corps's efforts in ecological restoration, and provides broader recommendations on how the corps might streamline their planning process. It also assesses the impacts of federal legislation on the Corps planning and projects, and provides recommendations on how relevant federal policies might be altered in order to improve Corps planning. Another important shift affecting the Corps has been federal cost-sharing arrangements (enacted in 1986), mandating greater financial participation in Corps water projects by local co-sponsors. The book describes how this has affected the Corps-sponsor relationship, and comments upon how each group must adjust to new planning and political realities.
Download or read book Shaping the Future of Small Islands written by John Laing Roberts and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides fresh look at the issues of sustainable development, degradation of natural resources and vulnerability to climate change in Small Island developing states (SIDS). It documents the deteriorating state of SIDS and adaptation efforts made to address the impending crisis of unsustainable economic growth with international, national and community support. Authors have discussed issues like macroeconomic trends, vulnerability, resilience capability, and SIDS-specific strategies focusing on sectors like trade and tourism. Discussion continues with the examination of democracy, social capital, quality of life, and health concerns. Climate change and natural resource challenges are analyzed using case studies. The book also discusses diplomatic complexities of international climate agreements, collective action and institutional quality constitute the analysis of global environment and sustainable development.
Download or read book The Evolution of Water Resource Planning and Decision Making written by Clifford S. Russell and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This broad review of the development of US water resource policy analysis and practice offers perspectives from several disciplines: law, economics, engineering, ecology and political science. While the historical context provided goes back to the early 19th century, the book concentrates on the past 60 years and features a discussion of the difficulty that has generally been encountered in bringing the disciplines of economics and ecology into collaboration in the water resource context. The book explores the evolution of water related analytical capabilities and institutions and provides illustrations from case studies, concluding with recommendations for research, institutional change and action. Though designed to be a background textbook for interdisciplinary graduate seminars in water resources planning and management, it is accessible to interested lay readers and those who have policymaking or implementation responsibility but lack a technical background. The book will appeal to students and faculty in water policy, economics, and engineering, and in interdisciplinary programs organized around water resource problems and questions. Policy makers and general readers will also appreciate this non-technical introduction.
Download or read book Long Term Management Strategy LTMS for the Placement of Dredged Material in the San Francisco Bay Region written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ecological and Engineering Guidelines for Wetlands Restoration in Relation to the Developement Operation and Maintenance of Navigation Infrastructures written by International Navigation Association. Environmental Commission. Working Group 7 and published by PIANC. This book was released on 2003 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cost Benefit Analysis of Environmental Goods by Applying Contingent Valuation Method written by Uddin Sarwar Ahmed and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-14 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contingent valuation is one of the means of incorporating socio-environmental considerations in cost–benefit analysis. The authors of this book have examined environmental valuation methods through the lens of cost–benefit analysis focused on three case studies in Japan: public parks, a bay wetland, and a recreational theme park. With implications for the world at large, the findings presented here serve as a valuable source of information on Japanese behavior regarding the valuation of environmental goods. New, alternative approaches and guidelines for cost–benefit analysis in the public and private spheres also are discussed. This volume makes an important addition to the library of all researchers and other scientists in the fields of environmental science and environmental economics.
