Economics and Ecological Risk Assessment (eBook, ePUB)

Applications to Watershed Management
Redaktion: Bruins, Randall J. F.; Heberling, Matthew T.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With contributions from economists, ecologists, and government agency professionals, this book provides a multidisciplinary approach to environmental decision at a watershed level. It integrates ecological risk assessment (ERA) and economic analysis to improve environmental management in a diversity of watersheds. It includes different points of view concerning the extent to which each study achieves an ideal framework for the integration of ERA and economic analysis. With a practical focus on real-world decisions, it includes the effects of urban development, mining, and water withdrawal for agriculture and also evaluates the socioeconomic and institutional dimensions of decision making.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135462642
• Artikelnr.: 57417410

Autorenporträt

Randall J. F. Bruins, Matthew T. Heberling

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Background, Concepts, and Methods. Watershed Planning and
Management in the United States. Introduction to Ecological Risk Assessment
in Watersheds. A Framework for Risk Analysis for Ecological Restoration
Projects in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Appendix 4-A: Example
Application of Risk Analysis for a USACE Ecological Restoration Project.
Introduction to Economic Analysis in Watersheds. Appendix 5-A: Discussion
of Stated Preference Methods Used in Three Case Studies. Ecological and
Economic Analysis for Water Quality Standards. Appendix 6-A: Using
Multimedia Indices to Define the Integrity of Stream Biological Assemblages
and Instream Habitat. Decision-Making and Uncertainty in Ambient Water
Quality Management. Scaling Environmental Restoration and Habitat
Equivalency Analysis. A Conceptual Approach for Integrated Watershed
Management. Appendix 9-A: Discussion of Existing Frameworks that Have Been
Applied To Watershed Management. Appendix 9-B: Sociocultural Assessment
Methods. Applications. Evaluating Development Alternatives for a
High-quality Stream Threatened by Urbanization: Big Darby Creek Watershed.
Weighing Biodiversity and Sectoral Development Values in a Rural Valley:
Clinch and Powell River Watershed. Appendix 11-A: Random Utility Model.
Appendix 11-B: Excerpt from Survey Administered by the University of
Tennessee: Explanation of Hypothetical Agricultural Policies and their
Potential Impacts. Seeking Solutions for an Interstate Conflict over Water
and Endangered Species: Platte River Watershed. Appendix 12-A: Summary of
Survey Response Information Used to Calculate Utility of Environmental
Management Policy Options for the Central Platte River Floodplain. An
Integrated Ecological-Economic Model for Scenario Analysis: Anticipating
Change in the Hudson River Watershed. Determining Tradeoffs among
Ecological Services: Planning for Ecological Restoration in the Lower Fox
River and Green Bay. The Habitat-Based Replacement Cost Method: Building on
the Habitat Equivalency Method to Inform Regulatory or Permit Decisions
under the Clean Water Act. Conclusions.