Valuation of flood reductions in the yellow river basin under land use change

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-115

  Qiu, Yaqin ^a   Jia, Yangwen ^a   Zhao, Jincheng ^b   Wang, Xuehong ^c   Bennett, Jeff ^c   Zhou, Zuhao ^a  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^b State Forestry Administration   (China)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Flood; Land use change; Valuation

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC VALUATION; EXPECTED VALUES; FLOOD DISASTER; FOREST AND GRASSLAND; LAND-USE CHANGE; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FLOOD DAMAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

LAND USE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; REVEGETATION; VALUATION;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 77951035636     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2010)136:1(106)     Document Type: Article

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