Concetti Economici per la Valutazione delle Foreste di Protezione contro la Caduta Massi

The protection of populations, settlements and economic activities in the Alpine region plays a major role and mountain forests, if properly managed, offer an effective protection service that complements engineering solutions. Many studies have been conducted to quantify the importance and dynamics of the protective function performed by forests, but few have also taken economic aspects into account, obtaining different results depending on the methodological approach used. The objective of this book is to describe, the main evaluation methods used for ecosystem services, evaluating the merits and defects and identifying, when possible, representative case studies of the analysed method.