The land value impacts of wetland restoration

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 289-299

  Kaza, Nikhil ^a   BenDor, Todd K ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean Water Act; Ecosystem restoration; Environmental policy; Land value analysis; Matching estimators; Wetland and stream compensatory mitigation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; RESTORATION; TAXATION;

CLEAN WATER ACT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND VALUE ANALYSE; MATCHING ESTIMATOR; MATCHINGS; REAL-ESTATES; RESTORATION SITES; WETLAND AND STREAM COMPENSATORY MITIGATION; WETLAND RESTORATION;

WETLANDS;

FRESH WATER;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MITIGATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FOREST; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LAKE; LAND USE; REAL ESTATE; RIVER; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

CHAPEL HILL; DURHAM [NORTH CAROLINA]; NORTH CAROLINA; RALEIGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879547242     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.04.047     Document Type: Article

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