Value of Aquatic Ecological Environment and Protection Measures

Author: Chen Minjian Wang Hao Tang Kewang
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This book is the first comprehensive study on the value of aquatic ecosystem service functions, economic losses caused by surface water pollution, economic losses caused by water environmental damage related to groundwater, economic losses due to soil erosion, as well as the benefits, standards, criteria, and strategies for water ecological environment protection. The main contents include the overall status of China's aquatic ecological environment, evaluation of aquatic ecosystem service functions and their values, economic loss assessment of surface water pollution, economic loss assessment of water environmental damage related to groundwater, economic loss and governance benefit assessment of soil erosion, surface water quality evaluation, overall ecological environmental benefit assessment, ecological environmental protection criteria and standards, and water management strategies and actions for ecological environmental protection. This book can serve as a reference for researchers, educators, and managers in the fields of water resources, water environment, soil and water conservation, ecology, water conservancy economy, ecological economy, and environmental economy. It is also suitable for undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral students in universities and colleges in these fields.