VALUING NATURAL CAPITAL AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

Anno accademico 2019/2020 - 2° anno
Docente: Giovanni Signorello
Crediti: 6
SSD: AGR/01 - Economia ed estimo rurale
Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
Organizzazione didattica: 150 ore d'impegno totale, 94 di studio individuale, 28 di lezione frontale, 28 di esercitazione
Semestre:

Obiettivi formativi

Il corso si propone di fornire i principi, gli strumenti metodologici e i protocolli operativi per la valutazione economica del capitale naturale e dei servizi ecosistemici​.


Modalità di svolgimento dell'insegnamento

Lezioni frontali ed esercitazioni


Prerequisiti richiesti

Nessuno


Frequenza lezioni

Raccomandata


Contenuti del corso

Il capitale naturale. I servizi ecosistemici. Classificazione dei servizi ecosistemici. Gli scopi della valutazione economica. Principi di economia del benessere. Il paradigma del Valore Economico Totale. I metodi di valutazione: aspetti generali. I metodi di valutazione basati sulle preferenze rivelate: il metodo del costo del viaggio (modelli single site e modelli multiple sites); il metodo del prezzo edonico; il metodo del comportamento difensivo; altri metodi. I metodi di valutazione basati sulle preferenze espresse: la valutazione contingente; gli esperimenti di scelta. I metodi di second best: Benefit Transfer. Il danno ambientale in ambito giudiziario. Riparazione primaria, complementare e compensativa. Stima del danno ambientale mediante l’analisi di equivalenza. Esame di casi studio notevoli.


Testi di riferimento

  1. Boyle K.J., Brown T.C., Champ P.A. (eds.), A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation, 2nd edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2016
  2. Freeman A. M. III, Herriges J. A., and Kling C., The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values, 3rd ed., RFF Press, Washington D.C., 2014
  3. Signorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Catania, 2018


Programmazione del corso

 ArgomentiRiferimenti testi
1The natural capital as asset.Signorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Catania, 2018 
2Ecosystem services. Signorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Catania, 2018 
3Classification of ecosystem servicesSignorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Catania, 2018 
4Goals of economic valuation. Boyle K.J., Brown T.C., Champ P.A. (eds.), A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation, 2nd edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2016 
5Principles of welfare economicsBoyle K.J., Brown T.C., Champ P.A. (eds.), A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation, 2nd edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2016 Freeman A. M. III, Herriges J. A., and Kling C., The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values, 3rd ed., RFF Press, 
6The Total Economic Value paradigm. Boyle K.J., Brown T.C., Champ P.A. (eds.), A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation, 2nd edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2016 Freeman A. M. III, Herriges J. A., and Kling C., The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values, 3rd ed., RFF Press, 
7General overview of economic valuation methods. Boyle K.J., Brown T.C., Champ P.A. (eds.), A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation, 2nd edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2016 Freeman A. M. III, Herriges J. A., and Kling C., The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values, 3rd ed., RFF Press, 
8Travel cost method (single sites and multiple sites approaches). Boyle K.J., Brown T.C., Champ P.A. (eds.), A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation, 2nd edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2016 Freeman A. M. III, Herriges J. A., and Kling C., The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values, 3rd ed., RFF Press, 
9Hedonic price method. Boyle K.J., Brown T.C., Champ P.A. (eds.), A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation, 2nd edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2016 Freeman A. M. III, Herriges J. A., and Kling C., The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values, 3rd ed., RFF Press, 
10Defensive behavior.Boyle K.J., Brown T.C., Champ P.A. (eds.), A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation, 2nd edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2016 Freeman A. M. III, Herriges J. A., and Kling C., The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values, 3rd ed., RFF Press, 
11Damage cost method.Boyle K.J., Brown T.C., Champ P.A. (eds.), A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation, 2nd edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2016 Freeman A. M. III, Herriges J. A., and Kling C., The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values, 3rd ed., RFF Press, 
12Contingent valuation Boyle K.J., Brown T.C., Champ P.A. (eds.), A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation, 2nd edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2016Signorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Cat 
13Choice ExperimentsBoyle K.J., Brown T.C., Champ P.A. (eds.), A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation, 2nd edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2016 Signorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Ca 
14Benefit Transfer approachBoyle K.J., Brown T.C., Champ P.A. (eds.), A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation, 2nd edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2016 Freeman A. M. III, Herriges J. A., and Kling C., The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values, 3rd ed., RFF Press, 
15Environmental damage estimates in the European courts.Signorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Catania, 2018 
16Equivalence Analysis. Signorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Catania, 2018 
17Examination of selected valuation case-studiesSignorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Catania, 2018 

Verifica dell'apprendimento

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

test informaili durante le lezioni e le esercitazioni; esame finale orale


Esempi di domande e/o esercizi frequenti

Welfare measures, Total Economic Value, Travel Cost Method, Travel Cost Random Utility Model, Hedonic Price Method, Contigent Valuation, Approaches to estimate willingens to pay from discrete choice data, Choice Experiments, Benefit Transfer Method, Enviornmental damages in the EU and Italian legislation, Equivalenc approaches to estimate environmental damage.