Floodplain conservation as a flood mitigation strategy: Examining costs and benefits

Ecological Economics

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-128

  Kousky, Carolyn ^a   Walls, Margaret ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Floodplain conservation; Floods; Hazus MH; Hedonic model; Q51; Q54

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODPLAIN; GIS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING;

MERAMEC RIVER; MISSOURI; SAINT LOUIS COUNTY [MISSOURI]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901236804     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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