کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5049387 1476366 2015 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Capturing the complexity of biodiversity: A critical review of economic valuation studies of biological diversity
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
گرفتن پیچیدگی تنوع زیستی: بررسی بحرانی مطالعات ارزیابی اقتصادی تنوع زیستی
کلمات کلیدی
تنوع زیستی، ارزیابی اقتصادی، بررسی ادبیات، پروکسی های زیستی، ارزیابی چندین ویژگی،
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک بوم شناسی، تکامل، رفتار و سامانه شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی


- Many proxies used in economic valuation fail to grasp the diversity aspect of biodiversity.
- Most studies use single-attribute proxies, which do not reflect the multi-dimensional complexity of biodiversity.
- Multi-attribute proxies are better suited to account for biodiversity, but they are at the minority.
- The emphasis on biodiversity roles with respect to human well-being should be imperative.
- Provision of encompassing information, e.g., via deliberative approaches, is crucial.

Biodiversity is a highly complex and abstract ecological concept. Even though it is not one physical entity, it influences human well-being in multiple ways, mostly indirectly. While considerable research effort has been spent on the economic valuation of biodiversity, it remains to be a particularly challenging 'valuation object'. Valuation practitioners therefore have to use proxies for biodiversity, many of which are very simple (single species, habitats). This paper presents a comprehensive and critical review of biodiversity valuation studies with special emphasis on biodiversity valuation in order to depict the state-of-the-art in this research field. It develops evaluation criteria so as to identify best-practice applications and shows that the field of biodiversity valuation studies is rather heterogeneous regarding both valuation objects and valuation methods. On the basis of our evaluation criteria and best-practice studies we suggest that to account for the complexity and abstractness of biodiversity, multi-attribute approaches with encompassing information provision should be used that emphasise the roles biodiversity plays for human well-being.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ecological Economics - Volume 113, May 2015, Pages 1-14
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