On the value of endangered and other species

Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 897-911

  Sagoff, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Contingent valuation; Cost benefit analysis; Endangered species; Kant; Social choice

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; KANTIAN DECISION MAKING; UTILITARIAN DECISION MAKING;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MORALITY; NONHUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030298432     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01205970     Document Type: Conference Paper

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