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The Basis of Evaluation: Legal, Economic and Social Values

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A range of different societal values need to be considered when evaluating ecosystem services and their changes in relation to both landscape planning and assessing specific planning proposals. These are typically expressed through legislative or preference-based frameworks, the latter involving economic or social methodologies. This chapter describes the various types of societal values and the core principles of the different legislative and preference-based frameworks, their strengths and weaknesses, and how they can be combined in the assessment of proposals.

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  1. Institute of Environmental Planning, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Christina von Haaren

  2. School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

    Andrew A. Lovett

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    Christina von Haaren

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    Andrew A. Lovett

  3. Institute of Environmental Planning, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Christian Albert

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von Haaren, C., Lovett, A.A. (2019). The Basis of Evaluation: Legal, Economic and Social Values. In: von Haaren, C., Lovett, A., Albert, C. (eds) Landscape Planning with Ecosystem Services. Landscape Series, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1681-7_4

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