The Economics of project appraisal and the environment / edited by John Weiss.

Contributor(s):

Weiss, John, 1948-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: New horizons in environmental economicsPublication details: Aldershot : E. Elgar, c1994.Description: ix, 205 p. : ill., map ; 25 cmISBN:

1852786787

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DDC classification:

338.900684 ECO

Contents:

1. Introduction: development projects and the environment / John Weiss 2. Economic valuation of environmental impacts / Edward Barbier 3. Natural environments and the social rate of discount / Anil Markandya and David Pearce 4. Deforestation and economic criteria / Colin Price 5. Plantation appraisal under the threat of illicit felling / Colin Price and S.N. Trivedi 6. Deforesting the Amazon: towards an economic solution / David Pearce 7. The economic value of non-market benefits of tropical forests: carbon storage / Katrina Brown and David Pearce 8. The relevance of global climatic effects to project appraisal / J.T. Winpenny 9. Environmental effects and the Carajas iron-ore project, Brazil / Alfredo Lopes da Silva Neto 10. Fuzzy multigroup conflict resolution for environmental management / G. Munda, P. Nijkamp and P. Rietveld 11. Sustainable development and project appraisal / Behrooz Morvaridi

Summary: There is an increasing awareness that new development projects can have a significant impact, positive and negative, on the environment with repercussions at both national and international levels. The Economics of Project Appraisal and the Environment illustrates the current state of knowledge on the problem of incorporating environmental effects into practical project appraisal

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: development projects and the environment / John Weiss
2. Economic valuation of environmental impacts / Edward Barbier
3. Natural environments and the social rate of discount / Anil Markandya and David Pearce
4. Deforestation and economic criteria / Colin Price
5. Plantation appraisal under the threat of illicit felling / Colin Price and S.N. Trivedi
6. Deforesting the Amazon: towards an economic solution / David Pearce
7. The economic value of non-market benefits of tropical forests: carbon storage / Katrina Brown and David Pearce
8. The relevance of global climatic effects to project appraisal / J.T. Winpenny
9. Environmental effects and the Carajas iron-ore project, Brazil / Alfredo Lopes da Silva Neto
10. Fuzzy multigroup conflict resolution for environmental management / G. Munda, P. Nijkamp and P. Rietveld
11. Sustainable development and project appraisal / Behrooz Morvaridi

There is an increasing awareness that new development projects can have a significant impact, positive and negative, on the environment with repercussions at both national and international levels. The Economics of Project Appraisal and the Environment illustrates the current state of knowledge on the problem of incorporating environmental effects into practical project appraisal

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