VALUING NATURAL CAPITAL AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Anno accademico 2017/2018 - 2° annoCrediti: 6
Organizzazione didattica: 150 ore d'impegno totale, 94 di studio individuale, 28 di lezione frontale, 28 di esercitazione
Semestre: 1°
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.
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
- 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, Washington D.C., 2014
- Signorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Catania, 2017
Programmazione del corso
Argomenti | Riferimenti testi | |
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1 | The natural capital as asset. | Signorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Catania, 2017 |
2 | Ecosystem services. | Signorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Catania, 2017 |
3 | Classification of ecosystem services | Signorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Catania, 2017 |
4 | Goals 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 |
5 | Principles of welfare economics | 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, |
6 | The 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, |
7 | General 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, |
8 | Travel 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, |
9 | Hedonic 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, |
10 | Defensive 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, |
11 | Damage 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, |
12 | Contingent 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 |
13 | Choice Experiments | Boyle 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 |
14 | Benefit Transfer approach | 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, |
15 | Environmental damage estimates in the European courts. | Signorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Catania, 2017 |
16 | Equivalence Analysis. | Signorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Catania, 2017 |
17 | Examination of selected valuation case-studies | Signorello G. (ed.), Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Supplementary Material and Readings, Università di Catania, 2017 |
Verifica dell'apprendimento
Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
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.