Value of ecosystem hydropower service and its impact on the payment for ecosystem services

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 338-346

  Fu, B ^a,b   Wang, Y K ^a,b   Xu, P ^a,b   Yan, K ^a,b   Li, M ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cascade development; Ecosystem services; Hydropower; InVEST model; Payment for ecosystem services; Water retention

Indexed keywords

HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

ECOLOGICAL COMPENSATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; HYDRO-POWER DEVELOPMENT; HYDROPOWER; REGULATION CAPACITY; VALUE OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; WATER RETENTION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RETENTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROPOWER; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; WATER RETENTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

CHINA; SICHUAN; ZAGUNAO BASIN;

CASCADE DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HYDROPOWER; INVEST MODEL; PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; WATER RETENTION;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POWER PLANTS; RIVERS;

EID: 84888774720     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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