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1、BiodiversConserv(2007)16:3385–3408DOI10.1007/s10531-006-9085-yORIGINALPAPERAnalysisandevaluationofecosystemresilience:aneconomicperspectivewithanapplicationtotheVenicelagoonLuciaVerganoÆPauloA.L.D.NunesReceived:29May2006/Accepted:18July2006/Publishedonline:27October2006ÓSpringer
2、Science+BusinessMediaB.V.2006AbstractThispaperfocusesontheanalysisandevaluationofresilienceanchoredinaneconomicperspective.Resilience,aswellasmostofthebenefitsprovidedbyecosystems,isnotpricedoncurrentmarkets.However,thisdoesnotmeanthatresilienceisofnovalueforhumans.Onthecontrary,
3、theinterestofusinganeco-nomicperspective,andtherespectivescientificmethodology,willbeputforwardintermsofresiliencerelevanceforecosystemfunctioning,anditsimpactonhumanwelfare.Theeconomicperspectiveisanchoredinananthropocentricanalysisevaluatingresilienceintermsofprovisionofnatural
4、capitalbenefits.Theseinturnareinterpretedasinsuranceagainsttheriskofecosystemmalfunctioningandtheconsequentinterruptionoftheprovisionofgoodsandservicestohumans.Forthisanalysis,wemakeuseofaconceptualframeworkthatidentifiesanddescribesthedifferentvaluecomponentsofresilience.Finally,
5、wepresentanillustrationthatdiscussestheeconomicanalysisofresiliencebenefitsinthecontextoftheVeniceLagoon.L.VerganoDepartmentofPublicandEnvironmentalEconomics,UniversityofPavia,CorsoStradaNuova65,27100Pavia,ItalyL.Vergano(&)DepartmentofEconomics‘‘M.Fanno’’,UniversityofPadova,ViaDe
6、lSanto33,35121Padova,Italye-mail:lucia_vergano@yahoo.comP.A.L.D.NunesSchoolforAdvancedStudiesinVeniceFoundation,VeniceInternationalUniversity,IslandofSanServolo,30110Venice,Italye-mail:pnunes@unive.itP.A.L.D.NunesFondazioneEniEnricoMattei,CampoSantaMariaFormosa,Castello5252,3012
7、2Venice,Italy1233386BiodiversConserv(2007)16:3385–3408KeywordsEconomicperspectiveÆEconomicvalueÆEcosystems’resilienceÆEcosystems’thresholdsÆNaturalinsurancecapitalIntroductionEcosystemsaredescribedintheecologicalliteratureas‘biologicalcommunitiesthatinteractwiththephysicalandche
8、micalenvironment,withadjacentecosystemsandwitht