Debating Nature's Value The Concept of 'Natural Capital' /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Anderson, Victor (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Natural resources.; Environment.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.; Environment Studies.; Natural Resources.; Regional/Spatial Science.

The concept of 'Natural Capital' has come to play a central role in current debates about biodiversity and nature conservation. It implies an approach to the natural world based on the valuation of places and species in terms of money. This is, in a variety of ways, both attractive and pro...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The International Debate
• Chapter 3: A Micro Case Study: Critiquing the TEEB
• Chapter 4: The Natural Capital Protocol
• Chapter 5: The Role of Monetary Valuation
• Chapter 6: Is the Concept of Natural Capital Useful?
• Chapter 7: How Should we Value Nature?
• Chapter 8: Natural Capital: The Risks of Losing Sight of Nature
• Chapter 9: Some Problems about Measuring Natural Capital
• Chapter 10: Who Should Value Nature?
• Chapter 11: 'Natural Capital': Ontology or Transitional Analogy?
• Chapter 12: Natural Capital and Tragedy
• Chapter 13: The Role of 'Natural Capital' in the Debate about Biodiversity.