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An emergent economics of ecosystem management
(New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2006-08)
Economics is an evolving and emerging filed of study, so is the management of ecosystems. As such, this paper delineates the co-evolution of economic evaluation that reflects the various recognized ecosystem management ...
Ecosystem health demystified: an ecological concept determined by economic means
(The Australian National University, 2005-05-05)
This paper addresses “ecosystem health”, a concept recently popularised as the way forward in evaluating nature. The
concept is often defined in vague expressions and is being seen more as a broad societal aspiration rather ...
The sustainability and cost-effectiveness of water storage projects on Canterbury rivers: the Opihi River case
(New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2010-08)
There is an increasing demand for water resources in the Canterbury region. The impact of this demand has lead to unacceptable minimum river flows, which has resulted in adverse affects to river ecology. In an effort to ...
Evaluating the sustainability of impounded river systems and the cost-effectiveness of dam projects: an ecosystem services approach
(Australian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society, 2011-02)
In recent times, there has been increasing demand in the Canterbury region of New Zealand for the abstraction of water from rivers. The impact of this demand has lead to unacceptable minimum river flows and has adversely ...
Addressing the wicked problem of water resource management: an ecosystem services approach
(Australian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society, 2011-02)
This paper develops a systematic assessment of the sustainability of ecosystem services provided by rivers impacted by water storage projects. Given the conflicting preferences amongst stakeholders and the incomplete, ...
Ecosystem services review of water storage projects in Canterbury: the Opihi River case
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce and Faculty of Environment, Society and Design, 2011)
There is an ever‐increasing demand for freshwater that is being used for the purposes of irrigation and land use intensification in Canterbury. But the impact of this demand has lead to unacceptable minimum river flows. ...