Benefit transfer is the practice of estimating economic values at a target site by utilising the results of existing studies for different sites. It is commonly used to estimate values for changes in environmental conditions where time and cost factors constrain the direct application of...

Section 1: Introduction and Policy Perspectives -- Introduction: Benefit Transfer of Environmental and Resource Values -- Introduction to Benefit Transfer Methods -- The Use of Benefit Transfer in the United States -- The Use and Development of Benefit Transfer in Europe -- Applied Benefit...