This volume reviews a range of different valuation methodologies -- stated preferences, cost-benefit, revealed preferences, and others -- and looks at how these

This book points out that because many natural and cultural features are public goods, with limited markets and hazy property rights, public policies are needed

The report highlights the diverse challenges facing rural areas, their unused potential, and the inability of sectoral policy alone to address these challenges.

This review discusses the challenges and opportunities of German rural areas.

The future of rural areas is high on the domestic and international policy agenda. Restructuring of the agricultural sector, and accompanying reform of agricult