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Brazil's environmental problems, especially Amazon deforestation, have attracted considerable attention, particularly in the developed world. Peter May brings a sharper and more critical focus to bear on this topic by offering a general overview and seven microeconomic case studies on particular problems in the Brazilian environment.
Focusing on discrete resource problems at a subnational scale, this practical book shows how work at the state and local level can lead to more sustainable development policies not only in Brazil but also in many other developing nations. Uniting specific Brazilian applications of more general principles of natural resource and environmental valuation to support policy-making for land use and economic development, Natural Resource Valuation and Policy in Brazil shows how such methods support efforts to incorporate environmental concerns in decision-making processes.
1. Globalization, Economic Valuation, and Natural Resource Policies in Brazil, by by Peter H. May
Historical Patterns of Resource Use in Brazil
Environmental and Natural Resource Policy Framework
Methodological Issues in Economic Valuation and Policy Assessment
A Critical Overview of Methods and Conclusions from the Case Studies
2. Measuring Sustainability: Forest Values and Agropastoral Expansion in Brazil, by by Peter H. May
Sustainable Development Indicators
Brazilian Frontier Expansion and Land Degradation
Estimating Forest Resource Values
3. Developing a Quantitative Framework for Sustainable Resource-Use Planning in the Brazilian Amazon, by by Oriana Trindade de Almeida and Christopher Uhl
General Characteristics of Land Use in Paragominas
Methodology
Results and Discussion
A Leadership Role for Local Governments in the Responsible Development of the Eastern Amazon
4. Charcoal-Fueled Steel Production in Brazil: An Exercise in Environmental Valuation, by by Josemar X. de Medeiros
Economic and Social Aspects
Environmental Aspects
An Exercise in Environmental Valuation
Incorporation of Environmental Costs in Charcoal-Fueled Steel ManufactureConclusions
5. Economic Valuation of Mangrove Ecosystems, by by Monica Grasso and Yara Schaeffer-Novelli
Economic Valuation and Green Accounting
Economic Valuation of a Mangrove Ecosystem in CananÇia, Sao Paulo
6. Contingent Valuation in Brazil: An Estimation of Pollution Damage in the Pantanal
Survey Design
Discrete-Choice Modeling Procedure
The Pantanal
7. Estimation of Water Quality Control Benefits and Instruments in Brazil. The Impact of Sanitation on Waterborne Diseases in Brazil, by Ronaldo Sera da Motta and Leonardo Rezende
Waterborne Diseases and Sanitation in Brazil
The Model
The Role of Sanitation in Waterborne Diseases
Environmental Standards, Revenue Generation, and Pollution Taxes: A Simulation for Tietà River Basin in Brazil, by by Ronaldo Sera da Motta and Francisco Eduardo Mendes
Market-Based Instruments
A Model for Simulating Market-Based Application
Results and Conclusions
8. Valuing Social Sustainability: Environmental Recuperation on Favela(r)MDNMØ Hillsides in Rio de Janeiro, by by Peter H. May
Urban Poverty and Rio's Favelas
Community Reforestation Project
Community Profile
Environmental Valuation
Equity Effects
Cost Effectiveness
Sociopolitical Assessment