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dc.contributor.authorGomez-Baggethun, Erik
dc.contributor.authorAntunes, Paula
dc.contributor.authorKeune, Hans
dc.contributor.authorGeneletti, Davide
dc.contributor.authorBarton, David Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorMustajoki, Jyri
dc.contributor.authorSaarikoski, Heli
dc.contributor.authorMarttunen, Mika
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Rui
dc.contributor.authorLangemeyer, Johannes
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-12T14:29:09Z
dc.date.available2016-12-12T14:29:09Z
dc.date.created2016-11-23T15:10:37Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn2212-0416
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2424952
dc.description.abstractMulti-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methods has been promoted as an alternative approach to monetary economic valuation of ecosystem services in Cost-Benefit Analysis framework (CBA). We discuss the potential of MCDA in providing a framework for integrated valuation of ecosystem services. We conclude that MCDA does in general perform better than CBA and associated monetary valuation techniques in several aspects that are essential in ecosystem service valuation. These include the ability of a valuation method to account for multiple dimensions of well-being, including ecological and economic as well as cultural and moral aspects of a policy or management problem and to facilitate open and transparent public debate on the pros and cons of alternative courses of action, including the distribution of gains and losses across beneficiaries of ecosystem services. The capacity of MCDA to articulate values related to ecosystem services depends on individual methods used in the MCDA process. More importantly, it depends of the ways in which the process is organized and facilitated. However, MCDA cannot provide representative information of the values of wider population. Further empirical and theoretical research is needed on the potential of hybrid methodologies to combine monetary valuation and MCDA in fruitful ways.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.subjectEcosystem servicesnb_NO
dc.subjectMulti-Criteria Decision Analysisnb_NO
dc.subjectCost-Benefit Analysisnb_NO
dc.subjectIntegrated valuationnb_NO
dc.subjectNon-monetary valuationnb_NO
dc.titleMulti-criteria decision analysis and cost-benefit analysis: comparing alternative frameworks for integrated valuation of ecosystem servicesnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200nb_NO
dc.source.journalEcosystem Servicesnb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.10.014
dc.identifier.cristin1403439
dc.relation.projectFP 7: EUnb_NO
cristin.unitcode7511,6,0,0
cristin.unitnameOslo
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextpostprint
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