Accounting for uncertainty in determining green infrastructure cost-effectiveness

Economic Incentives for Stormwater Control

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 71-100

  Montalto, Franco A ^a,b   Behr, Christopher T ^c   Yu, Ziwen ^b  

^a eDesign Dynamics LLC   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c HDR Decision Economics   (United States)

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