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Taylor & Francis Handbook of Forest Resource Economics 2014 Edition by Shashi Kant, Janaki Alavalapati
It is increasingly recognized that the economic value of forests is not merely the production of timber. Forests provide other key ecosystem services, such as being sinks for greenhouse gases, hotspots of biodiversity, tourism and recreation. They are also vitally important in preventing soil erosion and controlling water supplies, as well as providing non-timber forest products and supporting the livelihoods of many local people. This handbook provides a detailed, comprehensive and broad coverage of forest economics, including traditional forest economics of timber production, economics of environmental role of forests, and recent developments in forest economics. The chapters are grouped into six parts: fundamental topics in forest resource economics; economics of forest ecosystems; economics of forests, climate change, and bioenergy; economics of risk, uncertainty, and natural disturbances; economics of forest property rights and certification; and emerging issues and developments. Written by leading environmental, forest, and natural resource economists, the book represents a definitive reference volume for students of economics, environment, forestry and natural resource economics and management. Table of contents :- 1. Evolving Forest Resource Economic Thought Shashi Kant and Janaki Alavalapati (Editors) Part 1: Fundamental Topics in Forest Resource Economics 2. The Faustmann Approach and the Catallaxy in Forestry Peter Deegen and Martin Hostettler 3. The Generalized Faustmann FormulaSun Joseph Chang 4. Temporal Aspects in Forest Economics Colin Price 5. Forest Ownership, Policy and Economics David Wear 6. Timber Pricing Larry A. Leefers and Awang Noor Abd. Ghani 7. Forest Taxation Markku Ollikainen 8. International Trade in Forest Resources John Perez-Garcia and Alicia Robbins Part 2: Economics of Forest Ecosystems 9. Choice Experiments and Valuing Forest Attributes Kevin J. Boyle and Thomas P. Holmes 10. Economics of Old-Growth Forests Claire A. Montgomery and Mindy S. Crandall 11. Valuation of Open Spaces in Urban Environment Neelam C. Poudyal and Donald G. Hodges 12. Hunting Leases: Markets and Economic Implications Ian Munn and Anwar Hussain 13. Economics of Agro-forestry D. Evan Mercer, Gregory E. Frey and Frederick W. Cubbage 14. Payment for Ecosystem Services: Lessons from Developing Countries Yazhen Gong, Ravi Hegde, and Gary Q. Bull Part 3: Economics of Forests, Climate Change, and Bioenergy 15. Forests and Climate Change: Economic Perspectives Brent Sohngen 16. Economics of Forest Carbon Sequestration G. Cornelis van Kooten, Craig Johnston and Zhen Xu 17. Economic Supply of Carbon Storage through Management of Uneven-Aged Forests Joseph Buongiorno, Ole Martin Bollandsas, Espen Halvorsen, Terje Gobakken, Ole Hofstad 18. Economics of Forest Biomass-based Energy Pankaj Lal and Janaki Alavalapati 19. Economics of REDD+ Arild Angelsen Part 4: Economics of Risk, Uncertainty, and Natural Disturbances 20. Risk and Uncertainty in Forest Resource Decision Making Gregory S. Amacher and Richard J. Brazee 21. Modeling Natural Risks in Forest Decision Models by Means of Survival Functions Thomas Burkhardt, Bernhard Moehring, and Johannes Gerst 22. Real Option Analysis in Forest Management Decision Making Rajendra P. Khajuria 23. Economics and Planning of Biodiversity Conservation under Uncertainty of Climate Change Niels Strange, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, David Nogues-Bravo, Thomas Hedemark Lundhede, Carsten Rahbek, Bo Jellesmark Thorsen 24. Economic Analysis of Biological Invasions in Forests Thomas P. Holmes, Juliann Aukema, Jeffrey Englin, Robert G.Haight, Kent Kovacs, and Brian Leung Part 5: Economics of Forest Property Rights and Certification 25. Economic Implications of Forest Tenures Marty Luckert 26. Economics of Evolution of Amazon Frontier Erin Sills 27. China's Forestland Tenure Reforms: Redefining and Recontracting the Bundle of Rights Yaoqi Zhang, Yueqin Shen, Yali Wen, Yi Xie, and Sen Wang 28. Economics of Conservation Easements Anna Ebers and David Newman 29. The Economics of Forest Certification and Corporate Social Responsibility Anne Toppinen, Frederick Cubbage, and Susan Moore Part 6: Emerging Issues and Developments 30. Forestry and the New Institutional Economics Sen Wang, Tim Bogle, and G. Cornelis van Kooten 31. Political Economy of Forestry Daowei Zhang 32. Game Theoretic Modeling in Forest Economics Pradeep Kumar and Shashi Kant 33. Forest Resource Accounting Haripriya Gundimeda 34. Forest Policy Modeling in an Economy-wide Framework Janaki Alavalapati and Onil Banerjee 35. Twelve Unresolved Questions for Forest Economics - and Two Crucial Recommendations for Forest Policy Analysis William F. Hyde