Green Net Regional Product for the San Luis Basin, Colorado: An economic measure of regional sustainability

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 287-297

  Heberling, Matthew T ^a   Templeton, Joshua J ^a   Wu, Shanshan ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Green Net Regional Product; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPRECIATION; GROUNDWATER; METADATA;

COLORADO; DATA METHODOLOGY; DATA-SOURCE; ECONOMIC CAPITAL; ECONOMIC DATA; GREEN NET REGIONAL PRODUCT; NATURAL CAPITAL; REGIONAL PRODUCTS; REGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY; UPWARD TREND;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NATURAL CAPITAL; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ACCOUNTING; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CAPITAL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GREEN NET REGIONAL PRODUCT; SOIL; SOIL EROSION; UNITED STATES; WIND;

COLORADO; SAN LUIS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867655641     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.02.035     Document Type: Article

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