Table of Contents: Valuing ecosystem services :

Corporate Author:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Assessing and Valuing the Services of Aquatic and Related Terrestrial Ecosystems.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005.
Subjects:	Aquatic ecology > Economic aspects. Biotic communities > Economic aspects. Environmental policy > Decision making. Environmental protection > Decision making. Ecology > economics. Ecosystem. Costs and Cost Analysis. Environment. NATURE > Natural Resources. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business. Bewertung. Entscheidungsfindung. Umweltpolitik. Ökosystem.
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Table of Contents:

Executive summary
Introduction
The meaning of value and use of economic valuation in the environmental policy decision-making process
Aquatic and related terrestrial ecosystems
Methods of nonmarket valuation
Translating ecosystem functions to the value of ecosystem services : case studies
Judgement, uncertainty, and valuation
Ecosystem valuation : synthesis and future directions
Appendix A: Summary of related NRC reports
Appendix B: Household production function models
Appendix C: Production function models.