Handbook on the Economics of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity by Paulo A.L.D.

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In recent years, there has been a marked proliferation in the literature on economic approaches to ecosystem management, which has created a subsequent need for real understanding of the scope and the limits of the economic approaches to ecosystems and biodiversity. Within this Handbook, carefully commissioned original contributions from acknowledged experts in the field address the new concepts and their applications, identify knowledge gaps and provide authoritative recommendations.The Handbook offers a wealth of case studies and further:- identifies the conceptual underpinnings of the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity- demonstrates new research methodologies and their applications- provides authoritative assessment of the recent results and findings in ecosystems services and biodiversity valuation and accounting- provides the reader with the state of the art of the research on the economics of ecosystem services and biodiversity- provides spatial explicit tools for mapping ecosystem services values for land-use planning, including in the context of business and industry.This authoritative assessment will appeal to researchers and academics at both the advanced undergraduate and post-graduate levels of environmental economics and ecological economics. Policy-makers in government, business and conservation sectors will find much to engage them as the work will prove essential for implementing effective response policies for the management of ecosystems and biodiversity.Contributors: P. Ala-aho, I. Anastasiou, J.Angulo-Valdés, V. Babalos, T. Badura, K.J. Bagstad, H.E. Balbach, E.B. Barbier, A.A. Batabyal, A. Bien, L.M. Brander, A. Catzim-Sanchez, H. Chen, W.W.L. Cheung, J.C. Cooper, J. Coria, G. Cucuzza, A.T. de Blaeij, T. Dedeurwaerdere, M. De Salvo, S. Di Falco, S.T.M. Dissanayake, A.K. Duraiappah, W.H Durham, R. Eskelinen, T. Figueredo Martín, P. Fong, M. Gemma, J.M. Gowdy, M. Honey, G.W. Johnson, T. Karjalainen, M. Kettunen, B. Klöve, E. Kougea, P. Koundouri, P. Kumar, V.W.Y. Lam, G.-M. Lange, V. Linderhof, A. Markandya, J. Maté, L. Mazza, C. Mena, Y. Mitani, E. Naikal, D. Narita, S. Navrud, P. Nijkamp, P.A.L.D. Nunes, H. Önal, R.R. Palatnik, C. Palmer, S. Parks, M. Pascual, M. Pérez-Soba, F.Pina-Amargós, N.B.P. Polman, L. Pratt, M. Pulido-Velazquez, M.J. Punt, D. Quiroga, K. Rehdanz, S. Reinhard, K. Reinikainen, E. Robinson, P.M. Rossi, G. Samonte, A. Seidl, D. Semmens, M. Shechter, B. Shitovitz, G. Signorello, R.D. Simpson, G. Slean, H.G. Smith, R.B.W. Smith, T. Sterner, M. Stithou, U.R. Sumaila, D. Suman, R.T. Tawfik, P. ten Brink, R.S.J. Tol, R.K. Turner, M. van der Heide, E.C. van Ierland, P. Verweij, F. Villa, S. Waage, X. Wang, H.-P. Weikard, J.D. Westervelt, M. Winograd, S. Withana, S. Zemah-Shamir

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Edited by Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Global Manager and Coordinator, Ecosystems Economics Unit, United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya, Pushpam Kumar, Chief, Ecosystem Services Economics Unit, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Kenya and Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Professor, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium andSenior Research Associate, National Research Foundation (F.R.S.-FNRS), Belgium

Table of Contents

Contents:IntroductionPaulo A.L.D. Nunes, Pushpam Kumar and Tom DedeurwaerderePART I: SETTING THE SCENE: THE NEED FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUATION1. Comprehensive Wealth Accounting: Measuring Sustainable DevelopmentGlenn-Marie Lange and Esther Naikal2. The Protective Value of Estuarine and Coastal EcosystemsEdward B. Barbier3. Cruising for a Bruising: Challenges in Sustainable Capture of Ecosystem Service Values from Cruise Ship Tourism in BelizeAndrew Seidl, Lawrence Pratt, Martha Honey, William H. Durham, Geraldine Slean and Amos Bien4. Climate Change Effects on the Economics and Management of Marine FisheriesU. Rashid Sumaila, William W.L. Cheung and Vicky W. Y. Lam5. The Economic Impacts of Ocean AcidificationLuke M. Brander, Daiju Narita, Katrin Rehdanz and Richard S.J. Tol6. Estimating the Welfare Loss of Climate Change Impact on CoralsPushpam Kumar and Hongyan ChenPART II: EMERGING ECONOMIC VALUATION METHODS, INCLUDING THE USE OF DELIBERATIVE, MACRO AND SPATIALLY EXPLICIT ECONOMIC VALUATION7. The Behavioral Argument for an Expanded Valuation Framework for Biodiversity and Ecosystem ServicesJohn M. Gowdy and Sarah Parks8. Valuing Ecosystem Services in Macroeconomic SettingRodney B.W. Smith and Masahiko Gemma9. Exploring the Use of a Macro-micro-based Approach to Value Biodiversity Productivity Impacts on the Agricultural SectorRuslana Rachel Palatnik and Paulo A.L.D. Nunes10. Quantifying and Valuing Ecosystem Services: An Application of ARIES to the San Pedro River Basin, USAKenneth J. Bagstad, Darius Semmens, Ferdinando Villa and Gary W. Johnson11. Optimal Selection of Clustered Conservation Lands Using Integer Programming: The Case of Fort Stewart in Georgia, USASahan T.M. Dissanayake, Hayri Önal, James D. Westervelt and Harold E. Balbach12. QUICKScan: A Pragmatic Approach for Decision Support in Ecosystem Services Assessment and ManagementManuel Winograd, Marta Pérez-Soba, Peter VerweijPART III: ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND CONSERVATION POLICY13. Ecosystem Service Valuation and the Allocation of LandR. David Simpson14. Biodiversity Prospecting Over Time and Under Uncertainty: A Theory of SortsAmitrajeet A. Batabyal and Peter Nijkamp15. Game Theory and Marine Protected Areas: the Effects of Conservation Autarky in a Multiple Use EnvironmentMaarten J. Punt, Hans-Peter Weikard and Ekko C. van Ierland16. The Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Their Role in Decision-making: Constraints and Ways ForwardAnil Markandya and Marta Pascual17. Optimal Species Preservation Policy in a Symbiotic Relationship between SpeciesShiri Zemah-Shamir, Benyamin Shitovitz and Mordechai Shechter18. Biodiversity, Poverty and DevelopmentCharles Palmer and Salvatore Di Falco19. Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services Provision: A Tale of Confused Objectives, Multiple Market Failures and Policy ChallengesJessica Coria, Elizabeth Robinson, Henrik G. Smith and Thomas SternerPART IV: SHEDDING LIGHT ON NON-MARKET VALUES OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES20. A Choice Experiment to Value the Recreational Benefits of Coral Reefs: A Case Study of Ras Mohammed National Park, EgyptRady T. Tawfik and R. Kerry Turner21. Using Ecological Information in Choice Experiments to Value Ecosystem Services Restoration Programs in East AsiaYohei Mitani and Ståle Navrud22. A One and One Half Bound Contingent Valuation Survey to Estimate the Benefits of Restoring a Degraded Coastal Wetland Ecosystem: The Case Study of Capo FetoGiovanni Signorello, Joseph C. Cooper, Giuseppe Cucuzza and Maria De Salvo23. A Micro-Econometric Approach to Deriving Use and Non-Use Values of in situ Groundwater: The Vosvozis Case Study, GreecePhoebe Koundouri, Vassilis Babalos, Mavra Stithou and Ioannis Anastasiou24. The Economic Feasibility of the Creation of the Jardines de la Reina National ParkTamara Figueredo Martín, Fabián Pina Amargós and Jorge Angulo Valdés25. Valuation of Ecosystem Services Provided by Man-made WetlandsNico B.P. Polman, Arianne T. de Blaeij, Martijn van der Heide, Vincent Linderhof and Stijn Reinhard26. The Contribution of Non-Use Values to Inform the Management of Groundwater Systems: The Rokua Esker, Northern FinlandPhoebe Koundouri, Mavra Stithou, Eva Kougea, Pertti Ala-aho, Riko Eskelinen, Timo Karjalainen, Bjorn Klove, Manuel Pulido-Velazquez, Kalle Reinikainen and Pekka M. RossiPART V: THE ROLE OF GOVERNANCE AND SCIENCE-POLICY-BUSINESS INTERFACE IN BRINGING VISIBLE ECOSYSTEM VALUES27. Governance is Critical to Managing Coastal and Marine Resources: Effects of Marine Management AreasGiselle Samonte, Daniel Suman, Juan Maté, Diego Quiroga, Carlos Mena, Adele Catzim-Sanchez, Patrick Fong and Xuanwen Wang28. Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface: Lessons from the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ServicesAnantha Kumar Duraiappah29. Governance of the Transition to a Green Economy – Responding to the Values of NaturePatrick ten Brink, Leonardo Mazza, Tomáš Badura, Marianne Kettunen and Sirini Withana30. New Business Decision-Making Aids in an Era of Complexity, Scrutiny, and Uncertainty: Tools for Identifying, Assessing, and Valuing Ecosystem ServicesSissel WaageIndex

Details ISBN1781951500 Pages 608 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd ISBN-10 1781951500 ISBN-13 9781781951507 Series Elgar Original Reference Language English Year 2014 Format Hardcover Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2014-06-27 NZ Release Date 2014-06-27 UK Release Date 2014-06-27 Publication Date 2014-06-27 Author Tom Dedeurwaerdere Edited by Tom Dedeurwaerdere DEWEY 333.95 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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