Economic-environmental assessment of silvo-pastoral systems in Colombia: An ecosystem service perspective

Ecosystem Service and Environmental Health.

Supplement Aims and Scope Yet, in many developed and undeveloped parts of the world, consequences of these interrelated processes and the risks and hazards that they pose to both human health and ecosystems remain underexplored. This special issue of the Environmental Heath Insights will draw seek draw on new, empirical research which examines the nexus between ecosystem services and environmen...

Economic analysis for ecosystem service assessments

Landscapes: an Ecosystem Perspective

An Economic Perspective on the Flexibility of IT-Systems AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE FLEXIBILITY OF IT-SYSTEMS

Traditional capital budgeting models cannot appropriately capture the value of IT-systems. Real Option Pricing Theory provides a useful economic perspective on the valuation of IT-systems, although no comprehensive review of the state of the art of real option pricing models for IT-investments has been published to date. This paper provides an overview of the applicability of real option theory...

Environmental Effects on Public Health: An Economic Perspective

In this article we critically review the economic literature on the effects of environmental changes on public health, in both the developed and the developing world. We first focus on the economic methodologies that are available for the evaluation of the effects (social costs and benefits) of environmental changes (degradation/preservation) on public health. Then, we explain how the monetary ...