Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment

By: Nick Hanley, Clive L. Spash

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Hardcover | 1 January 1993

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This work takes a fresh look at the application of cost benefit analysis (CBA) to environmental problems ranging from acid rain to global warming. "Cost Benefit Analysis and the Environment" is structured into three parts. Part one provides a critical up to date account of the theory and practice of CBA as applied to the environment. Part two focuses on a number of specific case studies, in parituclar acid rain, wilderness land use, recreation and nitrate pollution. Applications of CBA to the greenhouse effect and to nuclear power are included as illustrations of the limitations of the method. In Part three, the book summarizes the major problems CBA faces in environmental application. A series of alternatives are considered, but in conclusion, it is argued that CBA should retain a place in the decision making process for environmental management problems. This book should be relevant for the growing number of undergraduate and post-graduate courses in environmental economics and management, as well as being of interest both to academics researching in these areas, and to other professionals concerned with project appraisal and the environment.

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Non-Fiction Accounting & Finance Accounting Cost Accounting Management Accounting & Bookkeeping Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Conservation of The Environment Economics Industry & Industrial Studies

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
The Welfare Foundations of CBA
Valuing Environmental Goods (1): The Contingent Valuation Method
Valuing Environmental Goods (2): The Hedonic Pricing Method
Valuing Environmental Goods (3): The Travel Cost Method
Valuing Environmental Goods (4): Production Function Approaches
How Good are our Valuation Methods?
Discounting and the Environment
Irreversibility, Ecosystem Complexity, Institutional Capture and Sustainability
Tropospheric Ozone Damage to Agricultural Crops
Costs and Benefits of Controlling Nitrate Pollution
Valuing Habitat Protection
Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Greenhouse Effect
Environmental Limits to CBA?
Index
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