Using Habitat Equivalency Analysis to Assess the Cost Effectiveness of Restoration Outcomes in Four Institutional Contexts

Environmental Management

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 109-122

  Scemama, Pierre ^a   Levrel, Harold ^a,b  

^a Universite de Brest   (France)

^b Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Ecosystem services; Equivalency tool; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INVESTMENTS; RESTORATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HABITAT EQUIVALENCY ANALYSIS; INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS; PUBLIC INVESTMENTS; RESTORATION PROJECT; TECHNICAL RESOURCES; WETLAND RESTORATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; COST ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FRANCE; HABITAT; HUMAN; MARSH; NONHUMAN; WETLAND; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FRANCE; HUMANS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84952984778     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0598-6     Document Type: Article

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