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Discriminant analysis is used to determine that income, age of household head, age of the house, number of rooms in the house, and the condition of the house are influential in tenure and service-level choice. The predictive function of discriminant analysis demonstrates that increasing income and the passage of time do not necessarily lead to home-ownership. Policy implications for the effectiveness of concentrating on encouraging ownership of exclusively serviced dwellings are drawn. (DSE)

Over-exploitation of environment and natural resources is becoming increasingly widespread in the modern world. To combat this, environmental economists have attempted to value such resources in order to ensure that they are given due recognition in any ex ante appraisal, or ex post evaluation of projects or policies; and also to ensure that optimal levels of consumption are determined for the resource. This authoritative title brings together seminal papers published in the last three decades which demonstrate the application of a number of techniques employed to value a range of environmental and natural resources. It will be of immense value to students, scholars and practitioners with an interest in environmental affairs and natural resources