Valuing Complex Natural Resource Systems

The Case of the Lagoon of Venice

AvAnna Alberini,Paolo Rosato

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

Del i serien The Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei series on Economics, the Environment and Sustainable Development

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Beskrivning

In complex natural resource systems, modifications or disruptions tend to affect many and diverse components of the ecological system, settlements and groups of people. This book uses the Lagoon of Venice - a unique natural resource, wildlife habitat, centre of cultural heritage and recreational site - as an example of one such system that has been heavily affected by human activities, including the harvesting of natural resources and industrial production. The contributors explore the Lagoon's potential for regeneration, examining public policies currently under consideration. The aim of these policies is to restore island coastlines and marshes, fish stocks, habitat and environmental quality, defend morphology and landscape through the strict control of fishing practices, and to protect the islands from high tides. Various market and non-market approaches placing a monetary value on environmental quality changes are then analysed by the contributors. They offer novel and creative applications of non-market valuation techniques for the Lagoon, and even outline the trade-offs that Lagoon users and parties interested in redeveloping contaminated sites are prepared to make between their own profits and policy offerings or demands. This unique and fascinating book will strongly appeal to students, researchers and academics with an interest in natural resources valuation and management, environmental economics and applied benefit-cost analysis.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-07-27
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:The Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei series on Economics, the Environment and Sustainable Development
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781845428471

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Miljöekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

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Edited by Anna Alberini, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, US, Paolo Rosato, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Trieste and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Italy and Margherita Turvani, Department of Planning, University IUAV and School for Advanced Studies in Venice Foundation, Italy

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:ForewordIntroductionPART I: NON-MARKET VALUATION METHODS1. Valuing Environmental Resources Using Stated PreferencesAnna Alberini and Alberto Longo2. Recreational Demand, Travel Cost Method and Flow Fixed CostsEdi Defrancesco and Paolo Rosato3. The Appraisal Approach to Valuing Environment ResourcesEdi Defrancesco, Paolo Rosato and Luca RossettoPART II: APPLICATIONS OF NON-MARKET VALUATION METHODS IN THE LAGOON OF VENICE4. Using Contingent Valuation to Value the Island of S. Erasmo in the Lagoon of VeniceAnna Alberini, Paolo Rosato, Alberto Longo and Valentina Zanatta5. Evaluation of Urban Improvement on the Islands of the Venice Lagoon: A Spatially-Distributed Hedonic–Hierarchical ApproachPaolo Rosato, Carlo Giupponi, Margherita Breil and Anita Fassio6. Valuing the Implementation Costs of Ecosystem Friendly Clam Fishing Practices in the Venice Lagoon: Results from a Conjoint Choice SurveyPaulo A.L.D. Nunes, Luca Rossetto and Arianne de Blaeij7. The Value of Recreational Sport Fishing in the Lagoon of VeniceValentina Zanatta, Anna Alberini, Paolo Rosato and Alberto LongoPART III: ASSESSING REMEDIATION OPTIONS AND POLICIES FOR CONTAMINATED SITES IN THE VENICE AREA8. What is the Value of Brownfields? A Review of Possible ApproachesStefania Tonin9. Developer Preferences for Brownfield PoliciesAnna Alberini, Alberto Longo, Stefania Tonin, Francesco Trombetta and Margherita Turvani10. Governing Environmental Restoration: Institutions and Industrial Site Clean-upsFrancesco Trombetta and Margherita TurvaniIndex