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Hearnshaw, Edward J.S.; Cullen, Ross; Hughey, Kenneth F.D.. |
Water projects are typically evaluated using benefit cost analysis. Ecosystem services are the direct and indirect benefits that people obtain from ecosystems. Many of these benefits are ignored in benefit cost analysis, because of the absence of markets and the limited information or understanding of how the benefits from ecosystem services are produced. Regional or local government may be interested in learning how the value of ecosystem services associated with projects may change if a project occurs. Ecosystem Service Reviews aim to make ecosystem services explicit and quantifiable so that they can be accounted for in the evaluation of water use projects. Water storage projects can enable land use intensification to occur, and confer environmental... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Ecosystem services review; water projects ; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58895 |
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