International audienceFace à l'économie de l'environnement, l'économie écologique affirme que la nature n'est pas soluble dans le marché. Au contraire, la sphère écologique est intégrée dans un système plus grand, la biosphère, dont elle dépend. C'est sur ce socle commun que s'est construit un champ de recherche fécond au croisement des sciences de la vie et des sciences sociales
This article proposes an economic alternative to the traditional approach to calculating non-market values of the environment and natural resources, which we refer to here as ''patrimonial''. We will first examine the traditional economic approach and its tendency to apply market categories to the economic valuation of non-market goods and services associated with the environment and natural resources. We will then move on to examine the way in which the question is perceived within the context of patrimonial economics by focusing on another form of economic rationality, based on the notion of a shared legacy or patrimony. Lastly, we will illustrate the tension between market values and patrimonial values in the field of water management and untreated water distribution infrastructure by analysing the recent evolution of Associations syndicales autorisées (''Authorized Union Associations'', or ASAs) in France and their approaches to pricing.
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