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"Environmental Valuation: Some Problems of Wrong Questions and Misleading Answers"
Jack L. Knetsch discusses the contingent valuation of people’s willingness to pay in relation to environmental valuation.
Jack L. Knetsch discusses the contingent valuation of people’s willingness to pay in relation to environmental valuation.
The central theme of this article is the mirage of growth that spread in Latin American countries under the influence of the United States, during and after World War II. This historical period had significant material consequences on world landscapes, as well as a symbolic impact through the rise of the ideal of Big Science, which aggravated the material environmental impacts.
In this Springs article, professor Helen Tiffin considers the role of human overpopulation in the environmental crisis.