Note: Cover -- Economics And Contemporary Landuse Policy -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction: Economics And Contemporary Land Use Policy -- Part I: Economic Approaches To Land Use Policy -- 1. Land, Economic Change, And Economic Doctrine -- 2. Property Rights And Land Use Conflicts: Reconciling Myth And Reality -- Part II: Explaining Land Use Conversion: Spatial Perspectives -- 3. Forecasting Residential Land Use Change -- 4. Forecasting Development At The Suburban Fringe -- 5. Describing Land Use Change Inmultidisciplinary Analyses -- 6. Critical Mass: Does The Number Of Productive Farmland Acres Or Farms Affect Farmland Loss? -- Part III: Land Conservation: Implications For Value And Taxation -- 7. Are Agricultural Land Preservation Programs Self-financing? -- 8. Land Development And Current Use Assessment -- 9. Alternative Valuation Strategies For Public Open-space Purchases: Stated Versusmarket Evidence -- Part IV: Rural Amenities And Landscape Conservation -- 10. A Multifunctional Approach To Northeastern Agriculture -- 11. Farmland Preservation Programs And The Importance Of Rural Amenities -- 12. Support For Conservation Policies And Values For Conservation: Are They Related? -- 13. Integrating Biophysical And Economic Information To Guide Land Conservation Investments -- Part V Conclusion -- 14. Economics And Land Use Policy: Where Dowe Go Fromhere? -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Economic Analysis for Ecosystem-Based Management: Applications to Marine and Coastal Environments -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword: Economic Models and Complex Ecosystems -- Foreword: The Role of Economics in Ecosystem-Based Management -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Chapter 1 Economics and Ecosystem-Based Management -- Chapter 2 Frameworks for Economic Evaluation -- Chapter 3 Modeling Human Behavior -- Chapter 4 Nonmarket Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Environmental Resources -- Chapter 5 Incorporating Uncertainty into Economic Decision Frameworks -- Chapter 6 Regulatory Methods and Governance -- Chapter 7 Spatially Refined Management and Zoning of the Coastal Marine Ecosystem -- Chapter 8 Integrating Economics into Coastal Policy: Guidelines and Case Studies -- APPENDIX A Four Case Studies from Massachu setts -- Case Study 1: Offshore Wind Farms -- Case Study 2: Offshore Sand and Gravel Mining for Beach Nourishment -- Case Study 3: Impacts of Pollutants in the Coastal Zone -- Case Study 4: Spatial Controls to Address Environmental Impacts of Fishing -- APPENDIX B A Mathematical Example of Quasi-Option Value -- References -- Index.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- Part I Introduction and Policy Perspectives -- 1 Introduction: Benefit Transfer of Environmental and Resource Values -- Abstract -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Need for Benefit Transfer and Its Development -- 1.3 Changes in Focus Over Time -- 1.4 Challenges and Controversies -- 1.5 Aims and Organization of the Book -- References -- 2 Introduction to Benefit Transfer Methods -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Types of Benefit Transfer -- 2.2.1 Unit Value Transfer -- 2.2.2 Benefit Function Transfer -- 2.2.2.1 Meta-analysis -- 2.2.2.2 Preference Calibration or Structural Benefit Transfer -- 2.2.3 Choosing Among Different Types of Benefit Transfer -- 2.3 Underlying Principles of Economic Valuation -- 2.4 Scaling Benefit Estimates -- 2.5 Site, Context and Commodity Similarity -- 2.6 Data Sources and Selectivity -- 2.7 Measuring Transfer Accuracy -- 2.8 Steps in a Benefit Transfer -- 2.8.1 Define the Benefit Transfer Context -- 2.8.2 Establish the Need for Benefit Transfer -- 2.8.3 Define the Policy, Good and Population -- 2.8.4 Define and Quantify Policy Options and Changes in Goods -- 2.8.5 Gather and Evaluate Valuation Data and Evidence -- 2.8.6 Determine Benefit Transfer Method(s) -- 2.8.7 Design and Implement Transfer(s) -- 2.8.8 Aggregate Values over Populations, Areas, and Time -- 2.8.9 Conduct Sensitivity Analysis and Test Reliability (Where Possible) -- 2.8.10 Report Results -- 2.9 Advanced Techniques -- 2.10 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Illustration of Unit Value and Benefit Function Transfer -- References -- 3 The Use of Benefit Transfer in the United States -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Benefit Transfer of Recreation Use Values -- 3.3 Benefit Transfer for Benefit Cost Analyses of Environmental Regulations. , 3.4 Benefit Transfer for Natural Resource Damage Assessment -- 3.5 Use of Benefit Transfer by U.S. Non-Governmental Organizations -- 3.6 Design of Ex Ante Studies to Facilitate Future Benefit Transfers -- 3.7 Use of Benefit Transfer for Valuation of Ecosystem Services -- 3.8 Conclusions -- References -- 4 The Use and Development of Benefit Transfer in Europe -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Air Pollution and Mortality Risk Valuation in Europe -- 4.3 Transportation Noise Valuation in Europe -- 4.4 The Economic Benefits of Natura 2000 in Europe -- 4.5 The UK National Ecosystem Assessment -- 4.6 Benefit Transfer Guidelines for Non-market Forest Benefits -- 4.7 Non-market Values Related to the Water Framework Directive -- 4.8 Online Benefit Transfer Tool for Ecosystem Services in Flanders -- 4.9 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Applied Benefit Transfer: An Australian and New Zealand Policy Perspective -- Abstract -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Demand for Values to Be Transferred -- 5.2.1 Scrutiny of Legislation and Regulation -- 5.2.2 Environmental Impact Assessment -- 5.2.3 Government Policy Analysis -- 5.3 The Supply of Environmental Values for Benefit Transfer -- 5.4 Advances in Non-Market Valuation Techniques -- 5.5 Performing Benefit Transfer from Independent Source Studies -- 5.6 Conclusions -- References -- 6 Benefit Transfer for Water Quality Regulatory Rulemaking in the United States -- Abstract -- 6.1 Introduction and Background -- 6.1.1 The Clean Water Act -- 6.1.2 EPA Guidance on Benefit Transfer -- 6.2 EPA Water Quality Regulations with RIAs -- 6.2.1 Early Rules Using Shares to Transfer -- 6.2.2 Toxic Controls Valued Using Transfers of Percentage Improvements -- 6.2.3 Function and Meta-Analytic Transfers for Conventional Pollutants and Nutrients -- 6.3 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part II Methods and Applications. , 7 Benefit Transfers with the Contingent Valuation Method -- Abstract -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Advantages of the CVM for Benefit Transfer -- 7.3 Benefit Transfer Tests -- 7.4 Question Format and Convergent Validity -- 7.5 Accuracy of the CVM and Benefit Transfer -- 7.6 A Benefit Transfer Case Study -- 7.6.1 Methods and Data -- 7.6.2 Benefit Function Transfer -- 7.6.3 Value Transfer -- 7.7 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 8 Applying Benefit Transfer with Limited Data: Unit Value Transfers in Practice -- Abstract -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Methodology for Unit Value Transfers -- 8.2.1 Stage 1: Establishing the Context and Framework for a Benefit Transfer Exercise -- 8.2.2 Stage 2: Selecting Source Studies and Transfer Methods -- 8.2.3 Stage 3: Performing the Benefit Transfers -- 8.3 Case Study Details and Application of Benefit Transfer -- 8.3.1 Establishing the Context and Framework -- 8.3.2 Selecting Source Studies and Transfer Methods -- 8.3.2.1 Remnant Vegetation (Up to 50,000 ha) -- 8.3.2.2 Wetlands (Up to 5000 ha) -- 8.3.2.3 Waterways (Up to 1000 km: River Orders 2 and 3) -- 8.3.2.4 Beaches (Up to 50 km) -- 8.3.3 Performing the Benefit Transfers -- 8.4 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Benefit Transfer Combining Revealed and Stated Preference Data -- Abstract -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Benefit Transfer Combining Revealed and Stated Preference Data -- 9.2.1 Applicable Methods -- 9.2.1.1 Stacked Micro-Data Models -- 9.2.1.2 Jointly Estimated Mixed Data Models -- 9.2.1.3 Meta-Analysis Combining RP and SP Data -- 9.2.1.4 Structural Benefit Transfer or Preference Calibration -- 9.3 Benefit Transfer with Identical Sites and Different Resource Changes: An Application to Delaware Bay Beaches -- 9.3.1 The Policy Context -- 9.4 Data and Primary RP/SP Study -- 9.4.1 Pooled Travel Cost/Contingent Behavior Model -- 9.4.2 Visitor Count Model. , 9.5 Benefit Transfer Methods -- 9.5.1 Predicting Beach Widths and Housing Losses -- 9.5.2 Interpolating Access Value Changes -- 9.5.3 Accounting for Housing Loss -- 9.5.4 Results -- 9.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 10 Benefit Transfer: Insights from Choice Experiments -- Abstract -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Describing the Tradeoffs -- 10.2.1 Representing Issues with Attributes -- 10.2.2 The Cost Attribute -- 10.2.3 Labeling the Alternatives -- 10.3 Extrapolating to Benefit Transfer Functions -- 10.4 Testing Equivalence and Convergent Validity of Value Estimates -- 10.5 Respondent Behavior -- 10.5.1 Refinements in Statistical Methods -- 10.5.2 Analysis of Choice Patterns -- 10.6 Framing Choice Tradeoffs -- 10.6.1 Scope Adjustments -- 10.6.2 Policy Options -- 10.6.3 Risk and Uncertainty -- 10.7 Consistency of Values from Different Sources -- 10.8 Conclusions -- References -- 11 Frontiers in Modeling Discrete Choice Experiments: A Benefit Transfer Perspective -- Abstract -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Behavioral and Statistical Framework Underlying the Conditional Logit Model -- 11.3 Advanced Choice Models Available for Use with DCE Data -- 11.4 Experimental Design and Collection of SP Data for Estimating Choice Models -- 11.4.1 Single Binary Discrete Choice CV Experiments -- 11.4.2 DCE with Multiple Choice Sets -- 11.5 Issues in Combining Data from Multiple Sources -- 11.6 Conclusions -- References -- 12 Benefit Transfer for Ecosystem Service Valuation: An Introduction to Theory and Methods -- Abstract -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Ecosystem Service Valuation and Benefit Transfer -- 12.2.1 Sources of Error in Ecosystem Service Benefit Transfer -- 12.3 Conceptual Framework for a Transfer of Ecosystem Service Values -- 12.4 Steps in a Benefit Transfer of Ecosystem Service Values. , 12.4.1 Define the Context for Ecosystem Service Valuation -- 12.4.2 Establish the Need for and Feasibility of Benefit Transfer -- 12.4.3 Develop the Conceptual Basis for Valuation -- 12.4.4 Define Ecosystem Services, Goods and Populations -- 12.4.5 Quantify Effects on Ecosystem Services -- 12.4.6 Gather and Evaluate Valuation Data and Evidence -- 12.4.7 Determine Benefit Transfer Method(s) -- 12.4.8 Design and Implement Transfer(s) -- 12.4.9 Aggregate Values -- 12.4.10 Conduct Sensitivity Analysis and Test Reliability -- 12.4.11 Report Results -- 12.5 Using Decision Support Tools to Transfer Ecosystem Service Values -- 12.6 An Illustrative Case Study: Transfer of Ecosystem Service Values Due to Improvements in Fish Habitat -- 12.7 Conclusion -- References -- 13 Ecosystem Services Assessment and Benefit Transfer -- Abstract -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Ecosystem Service Assessment -- 13.2.1 Framework -- 13.2.2 Large Scale Assessments -- 13.3 Examples from the UK National Ecosystem Assessment -- 13.3.1 The UK National Ecosystem Assessment -- 13.3.2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 13.3.3 Recreational Benefits -- 13.3.4 Scenario Mapping -- 13.3.4.1 The Scenarios -- 13.3.4.2 GHG Emissions -- 13.3.4.3 Recreation -- 13.3.4.4 Comparison of GHG and Recreation Scenario Analyses -- 13.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 14 Benefit Transfer Validity and Reliability -- Abstract -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Evidence from Reliability Testing -- 14.3 Evidence from Validity Testing -- 14.4 Selection Effects -- 14.5 Conclusions -- References -- Part III Meta-analysis -- 15 Meta-analysis: Statistical Methods -- Abstract -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Basic Concepts -- 15.3 Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Effects: Weighted-Means -- 15.3.1 Fixed-Effect and Random-Effects Weighted-Means -- 15.3.2 Heterogeneity Analysis: The Q-Statistic and Weighted-Means for VSL. , 15.3.3 Power Analysis for Meta-analysis.

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