Valuing New Jersey's ecosystem services and natural capital: A spatially explicit benefit transfer approach

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1271-1285

  Liu, Shuang ^a,b   Costanza, Robert ^b   Troy, Austin ^b   D'Aagostino, John ^b   Mates, Willam ^c  

^a University of Vermont ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c NJDEP   (United States)

Author keywords

Central tendency point transfer; Ecosystem services valuation; Environmental decision making; Generalization errors; Measurement errors; Natural capital accounting; Trade offs; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL TENDENCIES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; GENERALIZATION ERROR; NATURAL CAPITAL; TRADE OFF; UNCERTAINTY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; ERROR ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE; SPATIAL DATA; TRADE-OFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955562706     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9483-5     Document Type: Article

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