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Okke Braadbaart argues that the US has led the way in environmental policy, and that environmentalists favor incentives to regulation. This is not the case, and European writers had published work on environmental economics during the 1970s, seeing both regulation and incentives as useful tools. Braadbaart also misunderstands the importance of the Coase theorem, which does allow for government intervention under certain circumstances, and is not supportive of purely laissez faire policies, as Braadbaart argues.

The wave of DIY culture and environmental innovation sweeping through the UK is not restricted to isolated sites of high profile protest, such as the Newbury bypass. Based on fieldwork in the South West of England, consisting of in-depth interviews, participant observation, focus groups and a postal survey, we argue that networks such as those around festivals, LETS and organic food box schemes contribute to green milieux, which encourage ecological and cultural innovation of everyday life. We suggest that this creative social and ecological margin may be viewed as extended milieux combining global and local aspects. Local social relations and identities are reconfigured in new reflexive ways that utilize, criticise and even contribute to globalization, while developing new senses of locality and community., Introduction Contemporary society is undergoing radical change, challenging enlightenment based modernity, and opening an optional field, for the emergence of new and unexpected forms of the social. Sociological debates of [...]

Previous research has pointed out a need to enhance public participation in the local planning process. However, public participation in local planning has so far failed to reach the desired levels. In this regard, the use of the contingent valuation method in local planning has been proposed to encourage the public to actively participate in the process. A transferable demand function can help reduce the cost of implementing the method., INTRODUCTION Following the publication of the Skeffington Report, (SKEFFINGTON, 1969) there was a surge of interest in the issue of public participation in the planning process. However, WEBSTER and LAVERS, [...]

Provides a non-technical introduction to the method of contingent valuation. Estimation of an individual's value of come unpriced good or service; Concept of total economic value; Willingness to Pay and Willingness to Avoid.

Challenges the claims of an article by Okke Braadbaart which appeared in the 1998 issue of the `Environmental Politics' journal. Contention of Braadbaart that American economists entered into the environmental arena ahead of their European counterparts; Citation on some of the works of European economists that suggest that Braadbaart's contention is wrong.