Department of Environmental and Resource Economics
The focus of the section is the economic valuation of ecosystem services, and the development of policy instruments for their conservation. It entails four specific study areas: 1. The development and implementation of valuation methods for ecosystem services; 2. Incorporating the value of ecosystem service into welfare economic analysis (cost-benefit analysis); 3. The development of policy instruments for protecting natural resources; 4. The integration of ecosystem services in neoclassical utility theory and welfare economics.
Parent institution:
University of Goettingen Details of University of Goettingen
Address
Department of Environmental and Resource Economics
Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5
37073 Göttingen
Lower Saxony
Phone: +49 (0) 551 39 4829
Fax: +49 (0) 551 39 4812
email: cschnor(@)uni-goettingen.de
Activities:
- Research
Coordinated projects
- Assessment and improvement of risk management systems from the perspective of consumer behavior Details of Assessment and improvement of risk management systems from the perspective of consumer behavior