Social benefits and abatement costs of greenhouse gas emission reductions from restoring drained fen wetlands: A case study from the elbe river basin (germany)

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 691-704

  Grossmann, Malte ^a   Dietrich, Ottfried ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abatement costs; Climate change; Economic valuation; Fen peat wetlands; Greenhouse gas emissions; Social costs; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870781859     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.1669     Document Type: Article

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