Table of Contents

Contents: Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction Part II: Theory 2. Improving Environmental Impact Assessment Through Outcomes Valuation: Experience from Asia 3. Trade-off Based Indicators of Environmental Quality: An Environmental Analog to GDP 4. Environmental Project Evaluation in Developing Countries: Valuing the Environment as Input Part III: Applications 5. Environmental Outcomes Assessment: Using Sustainability Indicators for Central Europe to Measure the Effects of Transition on the Environment 6. Environmental Impact Assessment in Brazil 7. Setting Goals, Making Decisions, and Assessing Outcomes in Conservation Programs Administered by the US Department of Agriculture 8. Alternative Criteria for Judging the Success of Agro-Environmental Policy in the UK 9. The Danish Pesticide Programme: Success or Failure Depending on Indicator Choice 10. Conclusion Index

About the Author

Edited by David E. Ervin, Professor of Environmental Studies, Portland State University, US, James R. Kahn, Director of Environmental Studies and John F. Hendon Professor of Economics, Washington and Lee University, US and Collaborating Professor, Centro do Ciências Ambientais, Universidade do Amazonas, Brazil and Marie Leigh Livingston, Professor of Economics, University of Northern Colorado, US