Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Book chapters |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-18971-0_5 |
| Title (Primary) | Neglected values of major water engineering projects: ecosystem services, social impacts, and economic valuation |
| Title (Secondary) | Society - Water - Technology : a critical appraisal of major water engineering projects |
| Author | Hansjürgens, B.; Droste, N.; Tockner, K. |
| Publisher | Hüttl, R.F.; Bens, O.; Bismuth, C.; Hoechstetter, S. |
| Source Titel | Water Resources Development and Management |
| Year | 2016 |
| Department | OEKON |
| Page From | 65 |
| Page To | 79 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | Major water engineering projects; Dams; Ecosystem services; Social impacts; Economic valuation; Ecological trade-offs; Distributional impacts; World Commission on Dams; Benefits; Costs |
| UFZ wide themes | RU6 |
| UFZ inventory | Halle, Bibliothek, 00502344, 15-0701 |
| Abstract | Major water infrastructure projects like dams can provide substantial benefits such as food and drinking water security, hydropower generation, and flood control. But these benefits may come at a (too) high cost of large scale ecological alterations or adverse social impacts such as involuntary resettlements. If these costs are neglected, an investment decision will hardly be efficient. In this chapter, we will stress the necessity to make these “neglected values” visible and demonstrate how this can be achieved through economic valuation. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=16777 |
| Hansjürgens, B., Droste, N., Tockner, K. (2016): Neglected values of major water engineering projects: ecosystem services, social impacts, and economic valuation In: Hüttl, R.F., Bens, O., Bismuth, C., Hoechstetter, S. (eds.) Society - Water - Technology : a critical appraisal of major water engineering projects Water Resources Development and Management Springer, Cham [u.a.], p. 65 - 79 10.1007/978-3-319-18971-0_5 |
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