Valuing Nature?: Economics, ethics and environment - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415148758 ISBN 13 : 9780415148757

Editeur : Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415148758
• ISBN 13: 9780415148757
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Foster John
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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