Integrating economic, environmental and GIS modeling to target cost effective land retirement in multiple watersheds

Ecological Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-267

  Yang, Wanhong ^a   Khanna, Madhu ^b   Farnsworth, Richard ^c   Önal, Hayri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Land retirement; Multiple watersheds; Uniform and non uniform standards

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; WATERSHED;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344668729     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00141-1     Document Type: Article

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