The monetary valuation of environmental goods and services has evolved from a fringe field of study in the late 1970s and early 1980s to a primary focus of envi

Environmental quality is one of the most important issues faced by contemporary urban and regional policy. Amenities such as access to the natural environment,

This book provides a systematic review of those economic approaches for valuing the environment and natural resources that use information on what people do, no

Non-market valuation has become a broadly accepted and widely practiced means of measuring the economic values of the environment and natural resources. In this