| Title:
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ECOSYSTEMS AND NATURE
ECONOMICS, SCIENCE AND POLICY |
| By: |
R. Kerry Turner (Editor), Kenneth Button (Editor), Professor Peter Nijkamp (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£250.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1858987938 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781858987934 |
| Publisher: |
EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1999 |
| Series: |
Environmental Analysis and Economic Policy 7 |
| Pages: |
560 |
| Description: |
This text aims to provide a perspective on the major issues in biodiversity, including economics, natural science, management and ethics. As well examining basic science and economics, it also focuses on the difficult ethical issues which surround the utilization and conservation of biodiversity. |
| Synopsis: |
Ecosystems and Nature brings together the work of leading authorities in biodiversity research. It provides readers with a broad interdisciplinary perspective on the major issues in biodiversity, including economics, natural science, management and ethics.The collection is divided into four main sections: part I introduces some fundamental scientific and socio-economic concepts and analysis in order to illustrate the complexities involved in the human-ecosystems interface; part II deals with the valuation of ecosystems with special emphasis on the main biomes, faults, wetlands, marine systems, grasslands and agriculture; part III covers the problem of value appropriation and the relevant constraints and available policy instruments; the final section focuses on the difficult ethical issues that surround utilization and conservation of biodiversity. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |