Is Urban Stream Restoration Worth It?

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 603-615

  Kenney, Melissa A ^a,c   Wilcock, Peter R ^a,c   Hobbs, Benjamin F ^a,c   Flores, Nicholas E ^b,c   Martínez, Daniela C ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices (BMPs); Natural resource economics; Nonpoint source pollution; Restoration; Rivers streams; Stormwater management; Urban areas; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIVERS/STREAMS; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; URBAN AREAS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INVESTMENTS; RESTORATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; STORMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

COSTS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ESTHETICS; INVESTMENT; LEGAL SYSTEM; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RIVER WATER; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER; URBAN AREA; VALUATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861791368     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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