Valuing ecosystem services: toward better environmental decision-making
Auteur :
National Research Council / Division on Earth and Life Studies / Water Science and Technology Board / Committee on Assessing and Valuing the Services of Aquatic and Related Terrestrial Ecosystems
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309093187
Date de publication :
14 mai 2005
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In making decisions about human activities, such as draining a wetland for a housing development, it is essential to consider both the value of the development and the value of the ecosystem services that could be lost. This report identifies methods for assigning economic value to ecosystem services even for the intangible ones.