Irreversible investment in wetlands preservation: Optimal ecosystem restoration under uncertainty

Environmental Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-193

  Bloczynski, Jeffrey A ^a   Bogart, William T ^b   Hobbs, Benjamin F ^c   Koonce, Joseph F ^d  

^a PHB Hagler Bailly Inc   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dynamic program; Wetlands management

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ROLE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAKE; SEASHORE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033948112     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002670010080     Document Type: Article

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