Preface -- Foreward -- 1. REVIEW OF METHODS FOR VALUE TRANSFER -- 2. BENEFIT AND INFORMATIONAL TRANSFERS -- 3. CORRESPONDENCE AND CONVERGENCE IN BENEFIT TRANSFER ACCURACY: META-ANALYTIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- 4. TRANSFERRING LANDSCAPE VALUES: HOW AND HOW ACCURATELY? -- 5. MORBIDITY VALUE TRANSFER -- 6. UNCERTAINTY, BENEFIT TRANSFERS, AND PHYSICAL MODELS: A MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FOCUS -- 7. ESTIMATING THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF IMPROVEMENTS IN RIVER ECOLOGY USING CHOICE EXPERIMENTS: AN APPLICATION TO THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE -- 8. CONTRASTING CONVENTIONAL WITH MULTI-LEVEL MODELING APPROACHES TO META-ANALYSIS: EXPECTATION CONSISTENCY IN UK WOODLAND RECREATION VALUES -- 9. BENEFIT TRANSFER USING META-ANALYSIS IN RECREATION ECONOMIC VALUATION -- 10. BENEFIT VALUE TRANSFERS CONDITIONAL ON SITE ATTRIBUTES: SOME EVIDENCE OF RELIABILITY FROM FOREST RECREATION IN IRELAND -- 11. CAN USE AND NON-USE VALUES BE TRANSFERRED ACROSS COUNTRIES? -- 12. THE APPLICATION OF BAYESIAN METHODS IN BENEFIT TRANSFER.-13. IMPROVING THE PRACTICE OF BENEFITS TRANSFER: A PREFERENCE CALIBRATION APPROACH -- 14. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? THE VALUE OF INFORMATION FROM BENEFIT TRANSFERS IN A POLICY CONTEXT -- 15. LESSONS LEARNED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE TRANSFER.

The transfer of environmental values in time and space has increased rapidly with the widespread use of cost benefit analysis in project evaluation and regulatory assessments over the last three decades. The purpose of this volume is to take a snapshot of the research that is ongoing in the area of value transfer (benefit transfer). It includes papers by some of the most influential authors in the area, and covers the latest developments in the field. It will be useful for academics conducting research in this area and for practitioners in government agencies and ministries, as well as consulting firms.