Valuing the effects of hydropower development on watershed ecosystem services: Case studies in the Jiulong River Watershed, Fujian Province, China

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-368

  Wang, Guihua ^a   Fang, Qinhua ^a   Zhang, Luoping ^a   Chen, Weiqi ^a   Chen, Zhenming ^a   Hong, Huasheng ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biodiversity; China; evaluation; Fujian Province; hydroelectric power; Jiulong River Watershed; water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; POWER GENERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CHINA; FUJIAN; JIULONG BASIN;

EID: 74649086909     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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