Environmental Valuation

Contents: Part I Interregional Perspectives: Environmental valuation: connecting theory, evidence and public policy, John I. Carruthers and Gordon F. Mulligan; Environmental valuation using cross-city hedonic methods, Matthew E. Kahn; Amenity valuation and migration behavior, Roxanne Ezzet-Loftstrom; Amenity valuation, incomplete compensation, and migration, David E. Clark; The impact of public services on quality of life and housing markets, Robyn K. Welch and Brigitte S. Waldorf. Part II Intraregional Perspectives: Environmental contamination and house values, Katherine A. Kiel; The benefits of environmental improvements in a low-income area: the Grand Calumet River dredging plan in Gary, Indiana, Daniel P. McMillen; Capitalization of environmental amenities at the urban-rural fringe, Diane Hite and Brent Sohngen; Remotely sensed proxies for environmental amenities in hedonic analysis: what does "green" mean?, Rosalind Bark-Hodgins, Daniel E. Osgood, and Bonnie G. Colby; Maximizing the value of greenways: the case of the Catawba regional trail in the Carolinas, Darla K. Munroe; The valuation of wetlands: primary versus meta-analysis based value transfer, Luke M. Brander and Raymond J.G.M. Florax; Valuing amenities of new urbanist communities, Yan Song and Gerrit-Jan Knaap; A note on the valuation of jurisdictional-level infrastructure and services, Shishir Mathur; Some closing thoughts on the study of environmental valuation, John I. Carruthers and Bill Mundy; Index.