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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | The economic cost of wetland destruction
Autores: | Schmidt,   Carmel Elizabeth.
Data: | 2008-05-09
Ano: | 2008
Palavras-chave: | Ecosystem services; Wetlands; Water filtration; Valuation; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy.
Resumo: | Wetlands are often refereed to as the ‘kidney of the river’, but what is the value of the water filtration they provide, and what is the cost of wetland destruction? This paper determines the economic value of wetlands for water filtration. It demonstrates that wetlands are of considerable economic value, even where the volume of water filtered is in excess of that required for domestic consumption. It argues that if legislation required those who destroy natural wetlands to replace the water filtration process the wetlands once provided, it would be necessary to construct water filtration plants at significant cost.
Tipo: | Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

29764

http://purl.umn.edu/5985

Relação:

Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society - 2008&gt;2008 Conference (52nd), February 5-8, 2008, Canberra, Australia

Conference Paper

Formato: | 19