The Application of Economic Techniques in Environmental Impact Assessment

This volume is based on a number of reports prepared over several years for a research project jointly sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme, the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau and the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council. Since release of the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, the quest has intensified for methods that combine economic analysis and environmental assessments to achieve the goals of sustainable development. The main purpose of this volume is to explain how this may be accomplished. It combines scientific assessments, economic analysis and governmental procedures in an integrated approach to planning for economic development and environmental protection. The first four chapters explain economic concepts and techniques and their incorporation in EIA procedure. Six carefully selected case studies are presented, demonstrating practical applications in six different countries -- Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal, the Philippines, Hawaii and Australia. The volume will assist all participants involved in environmental impact assessment: public and private development proponents, environmental and conservation groups, public administrators and decision makers, and interested members of the public. The book is unique in that it combines economics, EIA techniques, procedures, and institutional aspects.

ISBN 0792327217   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780792327219 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 625 Publisher Kluwer Academic Publishers   Published in Dordrecht Imprint Kluwer Academic Publishers   Series ISSN 4 Format Hardback   Series title Environment and Management Publication date 01 Jan 1994   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress 94000349   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 333.7   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY edition DC20   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 320

		Foreword
		Preface and Acknowledgements
		List of Contributors
Ch. 1		Concepts and Approach by David James		1
Ch. 2		EIA Procedure by David James		33
Ch. 3		Economic Valuation Techniques by David James		63
Ch. 4		Economic Impact Analysis by David James		97
Ch. 5		Water Pollution in Jakarta Bay by Alison Gilbert and David James		111
Ch. 6		Conservation Farming in Northern Thailand by Tor Hundloe		143
Ch. 7		Social Forestry in Nepal: Economic Appraisal of Resource Management by Neil Byron and David Griffin		183
Ch. 8		The Palawan Regional Development Plan by Geoff Goldrick and David James		217
Ch. 9		Flood Control in the Kahawainui Watershed, Island of Oahu, Hawaii by David James		247
Ch. 10		Assessing Cumulative Impacts of Aluminium Smelting in the Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia by Geoff Goldrick and David James		275

' The Application of Economic Techniques in Environmental Impact Assessment is a very informative book for all target groups involved in EIA, environmental managers and environmental scientists. It should be compulsory reading in any course on EIA worldwide.' International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 5:4-6, 1995 ' ... the book is to be warmly recommended to those for whom it is intended as a concise introductory guide to economic impact assessment.' Germany Yearbook of International Law, 38, 1996

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