Valuing coastal water quality: Adelaide, South Australia metropolitan area

Marine Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 116-124

  Hatton MacDonald, Darla ^a   Ardeshiri, Ali ^b   Rose, John M ^b   Russell, Bayden D ^c   Connell, Sean D ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Monetary values; Reef health; Seagrass; Sewage; Stormwater; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLLUTION CONTROL; STORMWATER; TRADE-OFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; GULF SAINT VINCENT; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84912033976     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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