Valuing Rural Amenities

Macmillan, Douglas

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dc.contributor.author	Macmillan, Douglas
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-25T06:40:13Z
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-22T06:48:47Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-25T06:40:13Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-22T06:48:47Z
dc.date.issued	2000
dc.identifier.isbn	92-64-18531-3
dc.identifier.uri	http://10.215.13.25/handle/123456789/47131
dc.description	This two-day workshop (5-6 June 2000), hosted by the USDA and attended by around sixty representatives from OECD Agriculture, Rural Development and Envi- ronment ministries, focused on the contribution that natural and cultural amenities, including externalities and public goods from agriculture and ecological resources, make to the development of rural areas, and identified valuation methods and pol- icy instruments that can help to promote this contribution. In particular, the work- shop concentrated on two key areas: assessing the merits and limitations of 1) methods of estimating the demand for, and deriving the value of, non-market amenities, and 2) instruments to encourage the creation of market or market-type mechanisms to capture the non-marketed benefits of rural amenities, maintain and enhance supply, and correct potential costs to society in case of market failure. The workshop had the ultimate aim of assessing whether some set of international guidelines or standards could be used to reduce the subjectivity of the evidentiary information. This workshop built on work undertaken by the OECD in three main areas – ter- ritorial development (rural policy), agriculture (multifunctionality and agri- environmental indicators) and environment (economic aspects of biodiversity).
dc.language	en	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	OECD	en_US
dc.subject	Rural	en_US
dc.title	Valuing Rural Amenities	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US