Valuing instream-related services of wastewater
| Autor: | Matthew A. Weber, Juliet C. Stromberg, Thomas Meixner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Geography Planning and Development Population 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Ecosystem services Mixed logit Riparian forest education Recreation 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation Riparian zone Global and Planetary Change geography education.field_of_study geography.geographical_feature_category Ecology business.industry Environmental resource management Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) Water resources Water quality Water resource management business |
| Zdroj: | Ecosystem Services. 21:59-71 |
| ISSN: | 2212-0416 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.07.016 |
| Popis: | In the southwestern US water resources are increasingly scarce, leaving perennial habitats and associated environmental amenities vulnerable to off-channel water demands. To provide management insight, the value of two instream flow related ecosystem services are estimated for two river reaches, for two separate population centers. The specific services are preservation of instream flow extent and accompanying Cottonwood-Willow riparian forest, and improving water quality to be safe for full body recreational contact. The case study is of a highly modified effluent-dominated waterway, yet strong support for maintaining wet river habitat was documented, apparently due mainly to ecological rather than recreational motivations. In general, the more distant river reach with more trees was more highly valued on a per mile basis, and the population center closest to both river reaches more highly valued their preservation. Support was mixed for increasing water treatment to allow safe full body contact. Well-known multinomial and mixed logit models are compared with a relatively new generalized mixed logit framework, with the latter performing best. Documentation of public values associated with the posed river management options assist decision-making for the case study and similar contexts lacking quantification of the value of instream flow related ecosystem services. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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