The Economic Value of Landscapes [Hardcover]

This book aims to explore the avenue of landscape economics and provides the building blocks (from different scientific disciplines) for an economic analysis of landscapes. What exactly constitutes and determines the value of a landscape? It focuses on the value of landscapes in its broadest sense, thereby covering a variety of topics including stakeholder involvement in landscape design, landscape governance and landscape perceptions from different countries. Merely saying that landscapes have value or are important is not sufficient  not when resources are scarce and have alternative uses. Measuring and quantifying the economic value of changes in landscapes would help ensure that landscape management decisions are both (economically) rational and sound.

1. Landscape and economics: Perceptions and perspectives C. Martijn van der Heide and Wim J.M. Heijman  Part I: rise to the challenge  an awakening to awarenss  2. Setting a framework for valuing the multifunctional landscape and its multiple perceptions Marc Antrop, Marjanne Sevenant, Carolina Tagliafierro, Veerle Van Eetvelde and Frank Witlox  3. Subjectivity and objectivity in landscape evaluation: An old topic revisited Colin Price  4. From private values to social value of landscapes Dafna M. DiSegni  5. The governance of rural landscapes: Property, complexity and policy Ian Hodge  6. Governance of protected landscapes and its implications for economic evaluation Nora Mehnen, Ingo Mose and Dirk Strijker  Part II: reorientations and reflections  building blocks of landscape eocnomics  7. A procedure for determining an optimal landscape and its monetary value Wim J.M. Heijman and Pierre v. Mouche  8. Evaluation of landscape impacts  enriching the economists toolbox with the hotspotindex &llÃ;