Private and social costs of surface mine reforestation performance criteria

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 311-319

  Sullivan, Jay ^a   Amacher, Gregory S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest land value; Ground cover; Mine reclamation; Post mining land use; Regulation reform; Tree seedling survival

Indexed keywords

FOREST LAND; GROUND COVER; LAND USE REGULATIONS; MINE RECLAMATION; TREE SEEDLINGS;

AGRICULTURE; COAL MINES; COAL RECLAMATION; CONSERVATION; LAND USE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MINING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; STANDARDS;

COSTS;

COAL MINING; FOREST COVER; GROUND COVER; LAND RECLAMATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY REFORM; REFORESTATION; REFORM PROCESS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TRADE-OFF; TRANSACTION COST; TREE;

ARTICLE; COAL MINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PLANTING DENSITY; REFORESTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURFACE MINING; UNITED STATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FORESTRY; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; COSTS; FORESTS; LAND USE; RECLAMATION; REGULATIONS; STANDARDS;

APPALACHIANS;

APPALACHIAN REGION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COAL MINING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FORESTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 77951886081     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9395-4     Document Type: Article

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