Valuing ecosystems : a methodological applying approach

In this paper the ecosystem's valuation framework is described and discussed at a conceptual and formal level. Following utilitarianism and the capital asset analogy, one defines the concept of ecosystem value and how to quantify it by using individual preference based techniques rooted in welf...

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Main Author: Mendes, Isabel (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2717
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/2717