Valuing Nature?

Economics, ethics and environment

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

The state of the environment is now widely acknowledged as a serious cause for concern. Valuing Nature? argues that responding to this concern by economic valuation of the environment as a consumer good only makes matters worse. The book brings together philosophers, economists and sociologists to put the case for a new and more creative approach to environmental policy. The discussion covers: • the structure of environmental policy-making • the current orthodoxy in environmental economics and its deficiencies • the deeper problems with contingent valuation surveys and cost-benefit analysis for environmental decisions • alternative valuation methods Embracing three disciplines, this book is nevertheless written in a clear, accessible style. It includes chapters by Geoff Hodgson, Clive Spash, Michael Jacobs, Brian Wynne and John O’Neill. Its ground-breaking critique and suggestions will be of great interest both to specialists in the field and to students of the disciplines concerned; it has important messages for anyone concerned with how decisions about the environment are made.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-05-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415129787

Utforska kategorier

Miljöekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

John Foster has worked in teaching, public sector management and green politics as well as academic research. He is a research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Environmental Change, Lancaster University.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Environmental value and the scope of economics Part I Economics and environmental policy 1 THE ENVIRONMENTAL ‘VALUATION’ CONTROVERSY:OBSERVATIONS ON ITS RECENT HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE 2 VALUES AND PREFERENCES IN NEO-CLASSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS 3 ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND THE TRANSCENDENCE OF UTILITARIANISM Part II Environmental value: limits of an economic model 4 RATIONALITY AND SOCIAL NORMS 5 VALUE PLURALISM, INCOMMENSURABILITY AND INSTITUTIONS 6 PRICING THE COUNTRYSIDE: THE EXAMPLE OF TIR CYMEN 7 THE RELATIONS BETWEEN PRESERVATION VALUE AND EXISTENCE VALUE 8 SUBSTITUTABILITY: OR, WHY STRONG SUSTAINABILITY IS WEAK AND ABSURDLY STRONG SUSTAINABILITY IS NOT ABSURD 9 METHODOLOGY AND INSTITUTIONS: VALUE AS SEEN FROM THE RISK FIELD Part III Valuing nature: new directions 10 EXISTENCE VALUE, MORAL COMMITMENTS AND IN-KIND VALUATION 11 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT WITHOUT ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION? 12 MULTI-CRITERIA MAPPING: MITIGATING THE PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION? 13 ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION, DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY AND PUBLIC DECISION-MAKING INSTITUTIONS 14 ENVIRONMENT AND CREATIVE VALUE