Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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759742 | Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation | 2009 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
For decision making in terms of environmental economics for wetland construction, restoration and preservation, net ecosystem services values of constructed, human-interfered and natural wetlands are explored in the present work as a comparative study. The ecosystem services values of a pilot constructed wetland in Beijing, China in different discount rates and time horizons are accounted and compared with those of the natural wetlands all over the world as a mean and of a typical human-interfered wetland in Wenzhou, China. Results show that in both finite and infinite time horizons considered, the constructed wetland has the largest net services value in a reasonable discount rate.
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Authors
Z.M. Chen, G.Q. Chen, B. Chen, J.B. Zhou, Z.F. Yang, Y. Zhou,