Nonmarket benefits of nature: What should be counted in green GDP? Export

@article{citeulike:4233451, abstract = {Green gross domestic product (green GDP) is meant to account for nature's value on an equal footing with the market economy. Several problems bedevil green GDP, however. One is that nature does not come prepackaged in units like cars, houses, and bread. Even worse, green GDP requires measurement of the benefits arising from public goods provided by nature for which there are no market indicators of value. So what should green GDP count? That is the subject of this paper. Ecological and economic theories are used to describe what should be counted—and what should not—if green GDP is to account for the nonmarket benefits of nature.}, author = {Boyd, James}, citeulike-article-id = {4233451}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.06.016}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0921800906004642}, day = {15}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.06.016}, issn = {09218009}, journal = {Ecological Economics}, keywords = {ecosystem-services, es-valuation, gdp}, month = {March}, number = {4}, pages = {716--723}, posted-at = {2009-03-27 22:31:24}, priority = {2}, title = {Nonmarket benefits of nature: What should be counted in green GDP?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.06.016}, volume = {61}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4233451 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4233451 N2 - Green gross domestic product (green GDP) is meant to account for nature's value on an equal footing with the market economy. Several problems bedevil green GDP, however. One is that nature does not come prepackaged in units like cars, houses, and bread. Even worse, green GDP requires measurement of the benefits arising from public goods provided by nature for which there are no market indicators of value. So what should green GDP count? That is the subject of this paper. Ecological and economic theories are used to describe what should be counted—and what should not—if green GDP is to account for the nonmarket benefits of nature. IS - 4 JF - Ecological Economics SN - 09218009 EP - 723 TI - Nonmarket benefits of nature: What should be counted in green GDP? VL - 61 SP - 716 KW - ecosystem-services KW - es-valuation KW - gdp AU - Boyd, James PY - 2007/03/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.06.016 ER -