Pricing Nature: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Environmental Policy-Making

Contents: Part I: The Tools 1. Introduction 2. The Theoretical Foundations of CBA 3. Stated Preference Approaches to Environmental Valuation 4. Revealed Preference Approaches (1): The Travel Cost Model 5. Revealed Preference Approaches (2): Hedonic Pricing 6. Valuing the Environment: Production Function Approaches 7. Discounting and the Discount Rate 8. CBA in Developing Countries: What's Different? Part II: Case Studies 9. Valuing Ecosystem Services 10. Costs and Benefits of Water Quality Improvements 11. Valuing Habitat Protection 12. Cost-Benefit Analysis and Renewable Energy Part III 13. The Strengths and Weaknesses of Environmental CBA