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Valuation Of The Ecosystem Services Provided By Coastal Ecosystems In Shandong, China: Developing A Non- Market Valuation System, Jing Guo
Working Papers
Non-market valuation assesses the contributions of ecosystem services to human well-being by determining the preference of users. That is how much money users are willing to pay for ecosystem improvements or how much they are willing to accept for ecosystem losses. Through exploring these preferences, the natural capital can be accounted for economically and quantitatively. It can not only lead to better understanding of ecosystem benefits, but also make it possible to compare ecosystem services with other conventional goods and services (e.g. real estate) in monetary terms.
Shandong is a coastal province of China, which is located on the eastern …
Understanding The Ocean Economy Within Regional And National Contexts, Charles S. Colgan, Judith T. Kildow Dr
Understanding The Ocean Economy Within Regional And National Contexts, Charles S. Colgan, Judith T. Kildow Dr
Presentations
- Extending discussion of the ocean economy beyond “How Big”
– Changes in the U.S. related to the Great Recession
– Decomposing changes to major types of change
– Finding relative sizes
- Exploring the expanding attention to the ocean economy in other parts of the world
– Likenesses and differences in:
- Definitions
- Measures
- Geographies
- Purposes
Where do we go from here?
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