Quantifying flood mitigation services: The economic value of Otter Creek wetlands and floodplains to Middlebury, VT

Ecological Economics

Volumn 130, Issue , 2016, Pages 16-24

  Watson, Keri B ^a   Ricketts, Taylor ^a   Galford, Gillian ^a   Polasky, Stephen ^b   O'Niel Dunne, Jarlath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate resilience; Economic valuation; Ecosystem services; Flood mitigation; Green infrastructure

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; GREEN ECONOMY; HYDROGRAPH; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LAND USE; NATURAL DISASTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALUATION; WETLAND;

GAUTENG; IRENE; OTTER CREEK; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84977584408     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.05.015     Document Type: Article

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