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Economic Values and the Environment in the Developing World

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  • Stavros Georgiou
  • Dale Whittington
  • David Pearce
  • Dominic Moran

Abstract

This important new book is an extensive, yet concise overview which critically surveys the application of economic valuation techniques to environmental problems in less developed countries.

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  • Stavros Georgiou & Dale Whittington & David Pearce & Dominic Moran, 1997. "Economic Values and the Environment in the Developing World," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 1163.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eebook:1163
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    1. Whittington, Dale, 1998. "Administering contingent valuation surveys in developing countries," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 26(1), pages 21-30, January.
    2. Peter Park & Edward Barbier & Joanne Burgess, 1998. "The Economics of Forest Land Use in Temperate and Tropical Areas," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 11(3), pages 473-487, April.
    3. Ukwueze Ezebuilo & Ogujiuba Kanayo & Adenuga Adeniyi, 2005. "How Useful Is Contingent Valuation Of The Environment To Water Services? Evidence From South East, Nigeria," Econometrics 0512012, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Marini Govigli, Valentino & Górriz-Mifsud, Elena & Varela, Elsa, 2019. "Zonal travel cost approaches to assess recreational wild mushroom picking value: Trade-offs between online and onsite data collection strategies," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 102(C), pages 51-65.
    5. George E. Halkos & Dimitra C. Kitsou, 2015. "Uncertainty in optimal pollution levels: modelling and evaluating the benefit area," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(4), pages 678-700, April.
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    7. Geta, Endrias & Mezgebo, Alem & Zeleke, Fresenbet, 2015. "Economic valuation of improved management of Dechatu drainage basin in Dire Dawa Administration, Ethiopia," Studies in Agricultural Economics, Research Institute for Agricultural Economics, vol. 117(3), pages 1-8, December.
    8. Juan de Dios Ortúzar & Luis A Cifuentes & Huw C W L Williams, 2000. "Application of Willingness-to-Pay Methods to Value Transport Externalities in Less Developed Countries," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 32(11), pages 2007-2018, November.
    9. Alam, Khorshed, 2005. "Valuing the environment in developing countries: Problems and potentials," 2005 Conference (49th), February 9-11, 2005, Coff's Harbour, Australia 137741, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    10. Bouchrika Ali & Terzi Chokri & Mhadhbi Khalil & El Ammari Anis, 2017. "The Qualitative Model Provides to the Creation of a Hypothetical Water Market in Tunisia," International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 1(4), pages 96-105, February.
    11. Venn, Tyron J. & Quiggin, John, 2007. "Accommodating indigenous cultural heritage values in resource assessment: Cape York Peninsula and the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 61(2-3), pages 334-344, March.
    12. Rodriguez, Luis Carlos & Pascual, Unai, 2004. "Land clearance and social capital in mountain agro-ecosystems: the case of Opuntia scrubland in Ayacucho, Peru," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 49(2), pages 243-252, June.
    13. Ali, Bouchrika & FakhriI, Issaoui & Habib, Jouber, 2014. "Evaluation of the Utility Function of an Environmental asset: Contingent valuation Method (CVM)," MPRA Paper 60421, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    14. Romy Greiner & John Rolfe, 2004. "Estimating Consumer Surplus and Elasticity of Demand of Tourist Visitation to a Region in North Queensland Using Contingent Valuation," Tourism Economics, , vol. 10(3), pages 317-328, September.
    15. Richard T. Carson, 2011. "Contingent Valuation," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 2489.
    16. Kyriaki Remoundou & Fikret Adaman & Phoebe Koundouri & Paulo Nunes, 2014. "Is the value of environmental goods sensitive to the public funding scheme? Evidence from a marine restoration programme in the Black Sea," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 47(4), pages 1173-1192, December.
    17. Kyriaki Remoundou & Fikret Adaman & Phoebe Koundouri & Paulo Nunes, 2013. "Is the Value of Environmental Goods Sensitive to the Source of Public Funding? Evidence from a Marine Restoration Programme in the Black Sea," DEOS Working Papers 1321, Athens University of Economics and Business.
    18. Venn, Tyron J. & Quiggin, John C., 2006. "Accommodating Indigenous Cultural Heritage Values in Resource Assessment," 2006 Conference (50th), February 8-10, 2006, Sydney, Australia 139919, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    19. Buckwell, Andrew & Fleming, Christopher & Smart, James & Mackey, Brendan & Ware, Daniel & Hallgren, Willow & Sahin, Oz & Nalau, Johanna, 2018. "Valuing aggregated ecosystem services at a national and regional scale for Vanuatu using a remotely operable, rapid assessment methodology," 2018 Conference (62nd), February 7-9, 2018, Adelaide, Australia 273524, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    20. Sonja S. Teelucksingh & Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, 2010. "Biodiversity Valuation in Developing Countries: A Focus on Small Island Developing States (SIDS)," Working Papers 2010.111, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
    21. Yusuf, Arief Anshory & Resosudarmo, Budy P., 2009. "Does clean air matter in developing countries' megacities? A hedonic price analysis of the Jakarta housing market, Indonesia," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 68(5), pages 1398-1407, March.
    22. World Bank, 2003. "Morocco : Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation," World Bank Publications - Reports 14414, The World Bank Group.
    23. Martin YELKOUNI, 2004. "L'évaluation des ressources naturelles : le cas de la forêt classée de Tiogo au Burkina Faso," Working Papers 200414, CERDI.
    24. Halkos, George, 2013. "Uncertainty in optimal pollution levels: Modeling the benefit area," MPRA Paper 47768, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    25. Lindhjem, Henrik & Hu, Tao & Ma, Zhong & Skjelvik, John Magne & Song, Guojun & Vennemo, Haakon & Wu, Jian & Zhang, Shiqiu, 2006. "Environmental economic impact assessment in China: Problems and prospects," MPRA Paper 11464, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Environment;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics

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