Examining the Demand for Ecosystem Services: The Value of Stream Restoration for Drinking Water Treatment Managers in the Llobregat River, Spain

Ecological Economics

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 196-205

  Honey Rosés, Jordi ^a,b   Acuña, Vicenç ^b   Bardina, Mònica ^c   Brozović, Nicholas ^a   Marcé, Rafael ^b   Munné, Antoni ^c   Sabater, Sergi ^b   Termes, Montserrat ^d   Valero, Fernando ^e   Vega, Àlex ^f   Schneider, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c ACA Water Catalan Agency   (Spain)

^d University of Illinois Urbana Champaign ^*  (Spain)

^e Centre Tecnològic de l'Aigua ^*  (Spain)

^f AGBAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drinking water treatment; Ecosystem services; Llobregat River; Riparian restoration; Stream temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING WATER; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN FOREST; SAVINGS; STREAM; STREAMFLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

CATALONIA; LLOBREGAT RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 84876696010     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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