Exploring welfare implications of resource equivalency analysis in natural resource damage assessments

Ecological Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 134-145

  Zafonte, Matthew ^a   Hampton, Steve ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Damages; Habitat equivalency analysis; Natural resource damage assessment; Natural resources; NRDA; Resource equivalency analysis; Restoration

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DAMAGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE DEPLETION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 33846787074     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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