Evaluation Theory in Environmental Economics: Territorial Aspect
The desire to assess the value of natural resources led to the emergence of the evaluation theory in environmental economics. However, the lack of a systematic approach to the natural resources evaluation, as well as undefined assessment boundaries hinder the development of the such a theory, inclu...
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Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch
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The desire to assess the value of natural resources led to the emergence of the evaluation theory in environmental economics. However, the lack of a systematic approach to the natural resources evaluation, as well as undefined assessment boundaries hinder the development of the such a theory, including the concepts of ecosystem services and total economic value. Based on the review of relevant scientific publications, the paper aims to analyse the evolution of the evaluation theory in environmental economics, as well as to reveal its general trends and phenomena. The methods of systematisation and content analysis were applied along with evolutionary and regional approaches. The example of the natural resources development in the northern regions was used to trace the evolution of the evaluation theory in Russia. A number of basic trends and phenomena in the development of the examined theory were identified. An axiological (subjective) value has been converging with an objective value of natural resources due to the integration of various assessment factors: 1) utilitarian (early 19th — mid-20th centuries); 2) utilitarian and social, utilitarian and ecological (mid-20th century — the turn of the 20th-21st centuries); 3) utilitarian, social and ecological in aggregate (early 21st century — present day). The evaluation object (territorial aspect) has also been expanded from local assessment to the assessment of the natural resource potential of regions and the world. The paper demonstrates that the evaluation theory in environmental economics, which now considers utilitarian, social and ecological aspects, will continue to develop by creating new paradigms, approaches, methods and techniques for assessing the value of nature resources in order to converge the axiological and objective values.
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c1e59e3d0f84968add7df6dcfe7b2162024-02-02T21:36:22ZengRussian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics of the Ural BranchЭкономика региона2072-64142411-14062021-12-0117410.17059/ekon.reg.2021-4-2Evaluation Theory in Environmental Economics: Territorial AspectVera Yurak0Margarita Ignatyeva1Irina Polyanskaya2Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS, Ekaterinburg, Russian FederationInstitute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS, Ekaterinburg, Russian FederationInstitute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation The desire to assess the value of natural resources led to the emergence of the evaluation theory in environmental economics. However, the lack of a systematic approach to the natural resources evaluation, as well as undefined assessment boundaries hinder the development of the such a theory, including the concepts of ecosystem services and total economic value. Based on the review of relevant scientific publications, the paper aims to analyse the evolution of the evaluation theory in environmental economics, as well as to reveal its general trends and phenomena. The methods of systematisation and content analysis were applied along with evolutionary and regional approaches. The example of the natural resources development in the northern regions was used to trace the evolution of the evaluation theory in Russia. A number of basic trends and phenomena in the development of the examined theory were identified. An axiological (subjective) value has been converging with an objective value of natural resources due to the integration of various assessment factors: 1) utilitarian (early 19th — mid-20th centuries); 2) utilitarian and social, utilitarian and ecological (mid-20th century — the turn of the 20th-21st centuries); 3) utilitarian, social and ecological in aggregate (early 21st century — present day). The evaluation object (territorial aspect) has also been expanded from local assessment to the assessment of the natural resource potential of regions and the world. The paper demonstrates that the evaluation theory in environmental economics, which now considers utilitarian, social and ecological aspects, will continue to develop by creating new paradigms, approaches, methods and techniques for assessing the value of nature resources in order to converge the axiological and objective values. https://economyofregions.org/ojs/index.php/er/article/view/75evaluation theory, value theory, ecosystem services, concept of total economic value, natural resources, natural conditions, natural goods, natural resource potential, environmental economics, sustainable development |
| spellingShingle | Vera Yurak Margarita Ignatyeva Irina Polyanskaya Evaluation Theory in Environmental Economics: Territorial Aspect Экономика региона evaluation theory, value theory, ecosystem services, concept of total economic value, natural resources, natural conditions, natural goods, natural resource potential, environmental economics, sustainable development |
| title | Evaluation Theory in Environmental Economics: Territorial Aspect |
| title_full | Evaluation Theory in Environmental Economics: Territorial Aspect |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation Theory in Environmental Economics: Territorial Aspect |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation Theory in Environmental Economics: Territorial Aspect |
| title_short | Evaluation Theory in Environmental Economics: Territorial Aspect |
| title_sort | evaluation theory in environmental economics territorial aspect |
| topic | evaluation theory, value theory, ecosystem services, concept of total economic value, natural resources, natural conditions, natural goods, natural resource potential, environmental economics, sustainable development |
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