Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5050966 | Ecological Economics | 2010 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Addressing the question, the study develops an integrated hydrology-ecology-economic model based on the functional relationships between these three aspects in managing and restoring the natural capital of the two study areas. It was found that the benefits of introducing improved management practices exceeds cost in low to medium degraded quinaries, but not in heavily degraded quinaries. The economic return on the water (baseflow) produced by such a system of improved land use management, however, far exceeds that of conventional (construction-based) water development programmes and offers meaningful economic and market development opportunities.
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Authors
James Blignaut, Myles Mander, Roland Schulze, Mark Horan, Chris Dickens, Catherine Pringle, Khulile Mavundla, Isaiah Mahlangu, Adrian Wilson, Margaret McKenzie, Steve McKean,