The economic valuation of landscape change : theory and policies for land use and conservation /
The increase in landscape degradation in the last decades has resulted in a growing public concern for policies to conserve the countryside. This book presents theories of valuation and economic welfare which are applied to policies to conserve the landscape. Environmental, agricultural and ecologic...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA :
Edward Elgar,
©1998.
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| Series: | New horizons in environmental economics
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| Summary: | The increase in landscape degradation in the last decades has resulted in a growing public concern for policies to conserve the countryside. This book presents theories of valuation and economic welfare which are applied to policies to conserve the landscape. Environmental, agricultural and ecological economists will be interested in this book as will geographers and those involved in planning and countryside management. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 286 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Also issued online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1858987814 9781858987811 |