Eco-Environmental benefit assessment of the western route in China's South-North Water Transfer Project

Autor: Rong-jin Yang, Bojie Fu, Guohua Liu, Jingzhu Zhao
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 12:461-470
ISSN: 1745-2627
1350-4509
DOI: 10.1080/13504500509469654
Popis: Assessing the benefits of China's South-North Water Transfer project (SNWT) requires successful integration of an analysis of economic and eco-environmental benefits (EEB). To attain such integration, it is necessary to assess the EEB in detail, after the economic benefits have also been thoroughly assessed. The shadow engineering and market value methods are the major EEB assessment methods used in this study. We have assessed the EEB of the forest and grassland ecosystems in the recipient regions of the Western Route Project (WRP) for 2020, 2030 and 2050. Finally, some proposals are also made for efficient and sustainable management of the WRP.
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