Evaluating the role of coastal habitats and sea-level rise in hurricane risk mitigation: An ecological economic assessment method and application to a business decision

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 328-344

  Reddy, Sheila M W ^a   Guannel, Gregory ^b   Griffin, Robert ^b   Faries, Joe ^b   Boucher, Timothy ^a   Thompson, Michael ^a   Brenner, Jorge ^a   Bernhardt, Joey ^b,c   Verutes, Gregory ^b,d   Wood, Spencer A ^b   Silver, Jessica A ^b   Toft, Jodie ^b   Rogers, Anthony ^a,e   Maas, Alexander ^a,f   Guerry, Anne ^b   Molnar, Jennifer ^a   Dimuro, Johnathan L ^g  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^g DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic valuation; Ecosystem services; Green infrastructure; Natural hazard; Risk management

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HURRICANE; RISK; THEORETICAL MODEL; WETLAND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYCLONIC STORMS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK; WETLANDS;

EID: 84939607961     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1678     Document Type: Article

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