Project Appraisal and Valuation of the Environment : General Principles and Six Case-studies in Developing Countries -- Hardback

Abelson, Peter

Palgrave Macmillan（1996/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 318 p.
• 商品コード 9780333639160
• DDC分類 333.7091724

Full Description

'The book is a pioneering attempt to see exactly what difference economic valuation of environmental effects would have made to six actual, on-going, development projects, if it had been done at the time of appraisal. It combines theoretical rigour with applied economic skills, presented with robust common sense.' - James Winpenny, Overseas Development Institute;This book is a practical and readable guide to valuing the environment and the implications for public investment and policy, useful for students as well as professional economists, policy-makers, engineers, environmental and social planners. It describes how the environment can be valued and how these valuation concepts can be applied to investment decisions.;The book provides first a general introduction to the key issues and concepts, considering the nature and magnitude of environmental problems, the cost-benefit method of evaluation and detailed methods for valuing the environment. It then analyses in detail six case-studies, based on actual or proposed major investment projects by the UK Overseas Development Administration or the World Bank.
These include water quality in China, the supply of electricity in Bangladesh