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Kenter, Jasper O.O'Brien, Liz
Hockley, Neal
Ravenscroft, Neil
Fazey, Ioan
Irvine, Katherin N.
Reed, Mark S.
Christie, Michael
Brady, Emily
Bryce, Ros
Church, Andrew
Cooper, Nigel
Davies, Althea
Evely, Anna
Everard, Mark
Fish, Rob
Fisher, Janet A.
Jobstvogt, Niels
Molloy, Claire
Orchard-Webb, Johanne
Ranger, Sue
Ryan, Mandy
Watson, Verity
Williams, Susan
Affiliation
Scottish Association for Marine ScienceUniversity of Aberdeen
Forest Research
Bangor University
University of Brighton
University of Dundee
James Hutton Institute
Birmingham City University
Aberystwyth University
University of Edinburgh
University of the Highlands and Islands
Anglia Ruskin University
Church of England
University of St Andrews
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Pundamilia Ltd
University of Exeter
Edge Hill University
Marine Conservation Society
Natural Resources Wales
Issue Date
2015-02-06Subjects
shared valuesecosystem services
social values
total economic value
individual values
neoclassical economics
empirical evidence
ownership
Subject Categories::F810 Environmental Geography
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Social valuation of ecosystem services and public policy alternatives is one of the greatest challenges facing ecological economists today. Frameworks for valuing nature increasingly include shared/social values as a distinct category of values. However, the nature of shared/social values, as well as their relationship to other values, has not yet been clearly established and empirical evidence about the importance of shared/social values for valuation of ecosystem services is lacking. To help address these theoretical and empirical limitations, this paper outlines a framework of shared/social values across five dimensions: value concept, provider, intention, scale, and elicitation process. Along these dimensions we identify seven main, non-mutually exclusive types of shared values: transcendental, cultural/societal, communal, group, deliberated and other-regarding values, and value to society. Using a case study of a recent controversial policy on forest ownership in England, we conceptualise the dynamic interplay between shared/social and individual values. The way in which social value is assessed in neoclassical economics is discussed and critiqued, followed by consideration of the relation between shared/social values and Total Economic Value, and a review of deliberative and non-monetary methods for assessing shared/social values. We conclude with a discussion of the importance of shared/social values for decision-making.Citation
Kenter JO, O'Brien L, Hockley N, Ravenscroft N, Fazey I, Irvine KN, Reed MS, Christie M, Brady E, Bryce R, Church A, Cooper N, Davies A, Evely A, Everard M, Fish R, Fisher JA, Jobstvogt N, Molloy C, Orchard-Webb J, Ranger S, Ryan M, Watson V, Williams S (2015) 'What are shared and social values of ecosystems?', Ecological Economics, 111 (), pp.86-99.Journal
Ecological EconomicsAdditional Links
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800915000191Type
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0921-8009Sponsors
UK Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Welsh Government, NERC, the Economic and Social Re-search Council (ESRC), and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.01.006
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