{"product_id":"environmental-economics-for-watershed-restoration-hardback","title":"Environmental Economics for Watershed Restoration - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhether addressing pollution problems or helping protect a specific use, watershed associations are finding that the competition for funds is getting harder. While we can grasp the value of our streams for fishing or kayaking and other services, or their cultural value, or their value to an ecosystem, putting a dollar value on those benefits is not an easy task, but it is sometimes a necessary one. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA handbook for advocates and stakeholders, \u003cstrong\u003eEnvironmental Economics for Watershed Restoration\u003c\/strong\u003e provides guidance to those who are interested in understanding and incorporating economic valuation in project prioritization and other decision-making aspects of stream or watershed restoration. It provides background on the types of ecological goods and services that are often valued and details the types of questions that must be asked in watershed project analysis. The book allows those who are not economists to be comfortable discussing things like contingent valuation, marginal costs, nonmarket goods, and other terms needed to satisfy the economic analysis requirements often needed to secure funding for projects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn some cases, economic analysis does require input from a trained economist, but in many cases the analysis needed to get a grip on the problem can be tackled by someone familiar with the situation, as long as he or she has access to essential economic guidance.\u003cstrong\u003e Environmental Economics for Watershed Restoration \u003c\/strong\u003ecan provide that guidance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45599643468014,"sku":"9781420092622","price":319.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/environmental-economics-for-watershed-restoration-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}