Economic Valuation of Biodiversity An Interdisciplinary Conceptual Perspective Routledge Studies in Biodiversity Politics and Management Series
Auteur : Bartkowski Bartosz
While biodiversity loss is an ecological phenomenon, it also has further dimensions ? political, social and, last but not least, economic. From the economic perspective, the rapid loss of biological diversity can be viewed in two ways. First, the consequence of this deterioration process is a loss of options and an increase in scarcity of the environmental ?good?, biodiversity. Second, economic activity and the structure of global and local economic institutions have frequently been identified as the major drivers of biodiversity loss. In economic terms, this constitutes a market failure ? market-based economic activities lead to processes which undermine the long-term stability of these very activities.
This book provides an ecological economic perspective on the value of diversity in ecosystems. Combining insights from various sub-disciplines of ecology and environmental/ecological economics, the author constructs a conceptual framework which identifies the ways in which biodiversity influences human well-being and offers a novel, unifying perspective on the economic value of biodiversity.
This framework demonstrates that biodiversity?s economic value mainly results from uncertainty about the future, regarding both supply of and demand for ecosystem services, and interconnections between ecosystems. The book goes on to identify suitable methods for economic valuation of biodiversity and discusses the currently underdeveloped and underused approach of deliberative monetary valuation.
Combining a strong theoretical framework with practical examples, this book will be of great interest to students and researchers of ecological economics, ecosystem services, environmental values and environmental and resource economics.
- Introduction
- Theory and Concepts of Economic Valuation
- Definitions, Measures and Ecological Value of Biodiversity
- State of the Art in Economic Valuation of Biodiversity
- Conceptual Framework for Economic Valuation of Biodiversity
- A Look Back and a Look Ahead
Excursus: Biodiversity Value in Environmental Ethics
Bartosz Bartkowski works at the Department of Economics of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany. He has a PhD degree in economics from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. His research interests span environmental and agricultural economics, environmental ethics and sustainability science.
Date de parution : 01-2019
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 05-2017
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes d’Economic Valuation of Biodiversity :
Mots-clés :
Economic Valuation Studies; Discrete Choice Experiments; biodiversity economics; Economic Valuation; Book’s Overarching Theme; ecosystem services; TEV Framework; biodiversity valuation; Stated Preference Methods; ecological economics; environmental values; Functional Response Types; resource economics; Revealed Preference Methods; land economics; Economic Valuation Methods; agricultural economics; Final Ecosystem Services; Travel Cost Method; DMV; TEEB Report; Ess Cascade; Welfare Economic Foundations; Biodiversity’s Contribution; Ecosystem Disservices; Unifying Conceptual Framework; Production Function Methods; Environmental Public Goods; Non-use Values; Functional Group Richness; Random Utility Components; Ecosystem Functioning