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Using economic valuation techniques to inform water resources management : A survey and critical appraisal of available techniques and an application
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The role of economic valuation techniques in assisting in the design of efficient, equitable and sustainable policies for water resources management in the face of environmental problems such as pollution, intensive land use in agriculture and climate change is defined.About:
This article is published in Science of The Total Environment.The article was published on 2006-07-15. It has received 357 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Integrated water resources management & Contingent valuation.read more
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Ecosystem goods and services in marine protected areas (MPAs)
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Rapid assessment of irrigation full cost: An application for the Pinios Local Organization for Land Reclamation, Greece
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Households' Willingness to Pay For Soil Conservation Practices
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Investigation of wastewater resuse potential in Thessaly region, Greece
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A New Approach to Consumer Theory
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Using surveys to value public goods : the contingent valuation method
TL;DR: Mitchell and Carson as discussed by the authors argue that at this time the contingent valuation (CV) method offers the most promising approach for determining public willingness to pay for many public goods, an approach likely to succeed, if used carefully, where other methods may fail.
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The Economics of Exhaustible Resources
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