The Use and Development of Benefit Transfer in Europe

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of benefit transfer in Europe. It does so by linking demand for transfer values to important pieces of European regulation and legislation. We also discuss national and European projects that have further developed benefit transfer guidelines and applied the resulting benefit estimates to specific environmental issues. The goal is to provide a general perspective on the use and continual improvement of benefit transfer within European policy making, focusing on applications within the last two decades.