Handbook of Forest Resource Economics (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Kant, Shashi; Alavalapati, Janaki

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

It is increasingly recognized that the economic value of forests is not merely the production of timber. Written by leaders in the field, this handbook provides a detailed, comprehensive and broad coverage of forest economics, including both traditional forestry as well as the wider environmental role of forests. A definitive reference volume for students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136253294
• Artikelnr.: 47893845

Autorenporträt

Shashi Kant is Professor of Forest Resource Economics and Management, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Canada. He is also leader of the Forest Resource Economics group of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations. Janaki R. R. Alavalapati is Professor and Head, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Evolving Forest Resource Economic Thought Part 1: Fundamental Topics in
Forest Resource Economics 2. The Faustmann Approach and the Catallaxy in
Forestry 3. The Generalized Faustmann Formula 4. Temporal Aspects in Forest
Economics 5. Forest Ownership, Policy and Economics 6. Timber Pricing 7.
Forest Taxation 8. International Trade in Forest Resources Part 2:
Economics of Forest Ecosystems 9. Choice Experiments and Valuing Forest
Attributes 10. Economics of Old-Growth Forests 11. Valuation of Open Spaces
in Urban Environment 12. Hunting Leases: Markets and Economic Implications
13. Economics of Agro-forestry 14. Payment for Ecosystem Services: Lessons
from Developing Countries Part 3: Economics of Forests, Climate Change, and
Bioenergy 15. Forests and Climate Change: Economic Perspectives 16.
Economics of Forest Carbon Sequestration 17. Economic Supply of Carbon
Storage through Management of Uneven-Aged Forests 18. Economics of Forest
Biomass-based Energy 19. Economics of REDD+ Part 4: Economics of Risk,
Uncertainty, and Natural Disturbances 20. Risk and Uncertainty in Forest
Resource Decision Making 21. Modeling Natural Risks in Forest Decision
Models by Means of Survival Functions 22. Real Option Analysis in Forest
Management Decision Making 23. Economics and Planning of Biodiversity
Conservation under Uncertainty of Climate Change 24. Economic Analysis of
Biological Invasions in Forests Part 5: Economics of Forest Property Rights
and Certification 25. Economic Implications of Forest Tenures 26. Economics
of Evolution of Amazon Frontier 27. China's Forestland Tenure Reforms:
Redefining and Recontracting the Bundle of Rights 28. Economics of
Conservation Easements 29. The Economics of Forest Certification and
Corporate Social Responsibility Part 6: Emerging Issues and Developments
30. Forestry and the New Institutional Economics 31. Political Economy of
Forestry 32. Game Theoretic Modeling in Forest Economics 33. Forest
Resource Accounting 34. Forest Policy Modeling in an Economy-wide Framework
35. Twelve Unresolved Questions for Forest Economics - and Two Crucial
Recommendations for Forest Policy Analysis