| Description |
xiv, 332 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Outcome of the first research programme of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science's Beijer Institute"--Pref. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-325) and index. |
| Contents |
Diversity funcitons / Martin Weitzman -- Biodiversity in the functioning of ecosystems : an ecological synthesis / C.S. Holling [et al.] -- Scale and biodiversity in coastal and estuarine ecosystems / Robert Constanza, Michael Kemp and Walter Boynton -- Wetland valuation : three case studies / R.K. Turner [et al.] -- Ecological economy : notes on harvest and growth / Gardner Brown and Jonathan Roughgarden -- Biodiversity loss and the economics of discontinuous change in semiarid rangelands / Charles Perrings and Brian W. Walker -- Economic growth and the environment / Karl-Goran Mäler -- International regulation of biodiversity decline : optional policy and evolutionary product / Timothy Swanson -- Policies to control tropical deforestation : trade interventions versus transfers / Edward B. Barbier and Michael Rauscher -- On biodiversity concerns / Scott Barrett -- Unanswered questions / Charles Perrings [et al.] |
| Subject |
Biodiversity conservation.
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Biodiversity conservation. |
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Biodiversity conservation -- Economic aspects.
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Biodiversity conservation -- Economic aspects. |
| Added Author |
Perrings, Charles.
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Beijer Institute.
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| ISBN |
0521471788 hardcover |
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