Equivalency Methods for Environmental Liability: Assessing Damage and Compensation Under the European Environmental Liability Directive

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The book is the only technical volume that explains how equivalency analysis methods mentioned in Annex II of the European Environmental Liability Directive should be implemented. It uses case studies to illustrate real-world application of the methods, which are based on the experience in the USA and in the European Union and have been tested in three years of training programs funded by the European Commission. Academically rigorous and technically comprehensive, the book is intended for technical experts wanting to assess damage and remediation options as well as for decision-makers wishing to commission such assessments and judge their quality. These include competent authorities, operators, financial security providers, academics, consultants and NGOs. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 The Environmental Liability Directive: Legal Background and Requirements (Edward H. P. Brans)....Pages 3-20 Resource Equivalency Methods in the European Union: A ‘Toolkit’ for Calculating Environmental Liability (Joshua Lipton, Ece Özdemiroğlu, Kate LeJeune, Jennifer Peers)....Pages 21-42 Front Matter ....Pages 43-43 Step 1: Performing an Initial Evaluation (Joshua Lipton, Kate LeJeune)....Pages 45-55 Step 2: Determining and Quantifying Environmental Damage (Joshua Lipton, Kate LeJeune)....Pages 57-88 Step 3: Determining and Quantifying Remediation Benefits (Joshua Lipton, Kate LeJeune)....Pages 89-111 Step 4: Scaling Complementary and Compensatory Remediation (David Chapman, Joshua Lipton)....Pages 113-128 Step 5: Monitoring and Reporting (Diana Lane, Kate LeJeune, Joshua Lipton)....Pages 129-134 Economic Valuation for Equivalency Analysis (David Chapman, Scott Cole, Ece Özdemiroğlu)....Pages 135-156 Front Matter ....Pages 157-157 The Vistula River Crossing in Poland (Joshua Lipton, Zenon Tederko, Eric English, Magdalena Kiejzik-Głowińska)....Pages 159-179 Ex-Ante Analysis of a Hypothetical International Road Construction Project in Poland (Joshua Lipton, Zenon Tederko, Eric English)....Pages 181-202 Severe Wildfire in a Mediterranean Forest (Roberto Molowny-Horas, Armonía Borrego, Pere Riera, Josep Maria Espelta)....Pages 203-234 Water Abstraction from the River Itchen, Hampshire, United Kingdom (Jonathan Cox, Ece Özdemiroğlu)....Pages 235-267 Calculating Damage to Alpine Brown Trout Using Equivalency Analysis (Jamie V. Holmes, Joshua Lipton)....Pages 269-281