BIODIVERSITY ECONOMICS by Andreas Kontoleon (Editor), Unai Pascual (Editor), Timothy Swanson (Editor) ( 9780521866835 )

Item Details

Title:

BIODIVERSITY ECONOMICS
PRINCIPLES, METHODS AND APPLICATIONS

By:

Andreas Kontoleon (Editor), Unai Pascual (Editor), Timothy Swanson (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

List price:

£145.00

Our price:

£126.88

Discount:

12.5% off

You save:

£18.12

ISBN 10:

0521866839

ISBN 13:

9780521866835

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

13 December, 2007

Pages:

692

Description:

An examination and evaluation of the problem of various forms of biodiversity loss.

Synopsis:

Human induced biodiversity loss is greater now than at any time in human history, with extinctions occurring at rates hundreds of times higher than background extinction levels. The field of biodiversity economics analyses the socio-economic causes of and solutions to biodiversity loss by combining the disciplines of economics, ecology and biology. This field has shown a remarkable degree of transformation over the past four decades and now incorporates the analysis of the entire diversity of biological resources within the living world. Biodiversity Economics presents a series of papers that show how bio-economic analysis can be applied to the examination and evaluation of the problem of various forms of biodiversity loss. Containing insightful bio-economic research by some of prominent practitioners in the field, this volume will be an essential research tool to those working on biodiversity issues in the academic, policy and private sectors.

Illustrations:

73 b/w illus. 7 maps 80 tables

Publication:

Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

AGROBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT