Details zur Publikation |
| Kategorie | Textpublikation |
| Referenztyp | Zeitschriften |
| DOI | 10.1080/09640568.2016.1151405 |
| Titel (primär) | Ecosystem services in infrastructure planning – a case study of the projected deepening of the Lower Weser river in Germany |
| Autor | Droste, N.; Meya, J.N. |
| Journal / Serie | Journal of Environmental Planning and Management |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2017 |
| Department | OEKON |
| Band/Volume | 60 |
| Heft | 2 |
| Seite von | 231 |
| Seite bis | 248 |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Keywords | ecosystem services; cost–benefit analysis; infrastructure planning; river deepening; Weser estuary |
| UFZ Querschnittsthemen | RU6; |
| Abstract | We consider how ecosystem services can be incorporated into water infrastructure planning by studying the projected deepening of the Lower Weser river channel in Germany. We recalculate the project's benefit–cost ratio by integrating the monetary value of changes in different ecosystem services, as follows: (1) the restoration costs of a mitigation measure for a loss in fresh water supply for agricultural production in the estuary region, (2) the costs of a loss in habitat services, transferring the willingness to pay from a contingent valuation study to the area assessed in the environmental impact assessment, and (3) the benefits of emissions savings induced by more efficient shipping, taking a marginal abatement cost approach. We find that including monetary values for ecosystem service changes leads to a substantial drop in the benefit–cost ratio. On this basis, we argue for a reform of the standard cost–benefit analysis to facilitate more complete welfare assessments. |
| dauerhafte UFZ-Verlinkung | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=17439 |
| Droste, N., Meya, J.N. (2017): Ecosystem services in infrastructure planning – a case study of the projected deepening of the Lower Weser river in Germany J. Environ. Plan. Manag. 60 (2), 231 - 248 |
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