Valuing drinking water provision as an ecosystem service in the neuse river basin

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 474-482

  Elsin, Yoanna Kraus ^a   Kramer, Randall A ^b   Jenkins, W Aaron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoided costs; Benefit transfer; Benefit cost analysis; Turbidity; Water treatment costs

Indexed keywords

AVOIDED COSTS; BENEFIT TRANSFER; BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; LAND USE PATTERN; NET PRESENT VALUE; NEUSE RIVER; NORTH CAROLINA; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RAW WATER; STUDY SITES; TIME FRAME; VALUE TRANSFERS; WATER TREATMENT COSTS;

COST ACCOUNTING; COST REDUCTION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; POTABLE WATER; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; TIME SERIES; TURBIDITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

NEUSE RIVER; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955646958     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000058     Document Type: Article

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