Ecosystem Function & Human Activities

Reconciling Economics and Ecology

AvR. David Simpson,Norman L. Christensen Jr.

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

Examines a problem of growing concern and importance: obtaining accurate estimates of the ecological costs of human activities. This text covers a range of subjects, from the management and function of ecosystems to ecological issues affecting public policy. It focuses on the trade-offs inherent in environmental and conservation policy. Ecosystems provide resources that can be extracted and are valued in the market place, but the delivery of those resources depends on the functioning of natural processes whose maintenance may involve substantial costs. The book discusses the fundamental structure and behaviour of ecosystems and evaluates the tools employed by economists to value ecosystem goods and services not commonly bought and sold in existing markets. In addition, it examines the possible use of ecological risk assessment to link ecological and economic approaches. This text should be of interest to ecologists, foresters, geographers, natural resource economists, park managers and graduate students.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-01-31
Mått:155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:505 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:298
Förlag:Chapman and Hall
ISBN:9780412096716

Utforska kategorier

Miljövetenskap och miljöpolitik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Recensioner i media

Ecological costs of human activities, from management and ecosystem function to affects on public policy. American Fisheries Society; Ecological costs of human activities, from management and ecosystem function to affects on public policy..American Fisheries Society; Ecological costs of human activities, from management and ecosystem function to affects on public policy. American Fisheries Society

Innehållsförteckning

1. Ecosystem Function and Ecosystem Management.- 2. Ecosystem Valuation: An Overview of Issues and Uncertainities.- 3. Ecological Risk Assessment and Ecosystem Valuation.- 4. Estuarine Ecosystem Issues on the Chesapeake Bay.- 5. Riparian and Terrestrial Issues in the Chesapeake: A Landscape Management Perspective.- 6. History and Impact of Human Activities on Chesapeake Bay.- 7. Human Behavior and Ecosystem Valuation: An Application to the Patuxent Watershed of the Chesapeake Bay.- 8. “Green” Accounting for the Chesapeake Bay.- 9. Institutional Design for the Management of Estuarine Ecosystems: The Chesapeake Bay.- 10. Ecosystem Functions and Ecosystem Values.- 11. On Valuing the Services and Functions of Ecosystems.- 12. Ecology and Public Policy.- Epilogue.