Economic Analysis of Environmental Impacts

Demonstrates how the techniques of environmental impact assessment and economic cost-benefit analysis can be combined to determine the economic net value of the environmental effects of projects and policies.

Part I, From Theory to Practice: Development, Environment and the Role of Economic Analysis * Assessing Impacts and Setting Priorities * Economic Measurement of Environmental Impacts - Theoretical Basis and Practical Applications * Generally Applicable Techniques of Valuing Environmental Impacts * Selectively Applicable Techniques of Valuing Impacts * Potentially Applicable Techniques of Valuing Environmental Impacts * The Limits to Economic Measurement of Environmental Impacts * Part II, Case Studies: Nepal Hill Forest Development Project * Mangrove Valuation in Bintuni Bay, Irian Jaya, Indonesia * Estimating the Health Impact of Air Pollution: Methodology and Application to Jakarta * Benefits and Costs of Soil Conservation in the Loess Plateau of China * Tongonan Geothermal Power Plant, Leyte, Philippines * The Benefits and Costs of Establishing a National Park in Madagascar * An Economic and Ecological Analysis of the Bonaire Marine Park * Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Supplies in Onitsha, Nigeria * Setting Priorities in Central and Eastern Europe * References * Index