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Spatial Economic Valuation: Benefits Transfer using Geographical Information Systems by Jeremy D.O. Eade; Dominic Moran is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Spatial Economic Valuation: Benefits Transfer using Geographical Information Systems about?
A benefits transfer exercise is performed to give a spatial representation to the total economic value of the Rio Bravo Conservation Area in north western Belize. The methodology investigates the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to calibrate economic values from alternative sites for transfer to the site of interest. This is achieved by first mapping the "strength" or "quality" of the natural capital assets in the Rio Bravo, then using these maps to re-calibrate benefit estimates from alternative sites. The results of this process are "economic value maps", showing the benefit value of natural capital assets in two-dimensions. Given the growing interest in the feasibility of transferring benefit estimates the paper demonstrates how GIS may be a powerful vehicle for comparing site characteristics prior to transferring values. The methodology also adds a spatial dimension to existing resource accounting frameworks.
Who reads Spatial Economic Valuation: Benefits Transfer using Geographical Information Systems?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Environmental Science.
- Author
- Jeremy D.O. Eade; Dominic Moran
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Inc.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0301-4797)
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)