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DISBENEFIT [3 records]

Record 1 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Operations Research and Management
  • Organization Planning
DEF

A consequence of a project that is perceived as negative by one or more stakeholder.

CONT

Don't confuse dis-benefits with risks. There is uncertainty over whether a risk will occur, whereas a dis-benefit is a definite consequence of the project.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Recherche et gestion opérationnelles
  • Planification d'organisation
DEF

Résultat perçu comme négatif par une ou plusieurs parties prenantes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Decision-Making Process
DEF

A lack or absence of benefit ...

CONT

... benefits of projects [consist] ... of all those favourable effects which increase production or consumption opportunities and the costs of projects [consist) ... of all those unfavourable effects which decrease production or consumption opportunities. ... some analysts prefer to treat unfavourable side-effects of projects as disbenefits, and subtract them from project benefits in assessing whether projects should be undertaken or not.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Processus décisionnel

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Environmental Economics
  • Translation (General)
CONT

Several areas important to the analysis, but not examined in any detail, are the "disbenefits" of maintaining biodiversity (for example, health problems caused by biological resources); the opportunity costs associated with conservation activities, the social and other external costs associated with benefit production, and the opportunity costs of factor inputs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Économie environnementale
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

Plusieurs secteurs importants pour l'analyse n'ont pas été étudiés en détail; il s'agit des «inconvénients» du maintien de la biodiversité (par exemple, les problèmes de santé causés par des ressources biologiques), des coûts de renonciation entraînés par les activités de conservation, des coûts sociaux et des autres coûts externes associés à la production des avantages, de même que les coûts de renonciation des intrants.

Spanish

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