XML FeedsEstimating Annualized Riparian Buffer Costs for the Harpeth River Watershed
By CostBenefit on Jan 18, 2010 | In Water, Land + Water, Academic Study/Journal Article, Wetlands, Contamination Cost, Costs and Benefits, TN,KY,AK | Send feedback »
Link: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123208176/abstract
Abstract: Water pollution from nonpoint sources is increasingly a focal point for efforts to reduce water quality impairments. These efforts often require or subsidize riparian buffer strips. However, the costs of these buffer strips are not always well understood. This article estimates the annualized costs of establishing and maintaining 45.7-meter (150-feet) riparian buffer strips on all agricultural land adjoining a waterway in Tennessee's Harpeth River watershed. A mandatory requirement for buffer strips of this width would result in 4,955 hectares (12,245 acres) of buffer strips at an annualized cost of $1.3 million. A supply curve for buffer strips is also constructed.
by David C. Roberts 1, Christopher D. Clark 2, Burton C. English 3, William M. Park 3 and Roland K. Roberts 3
1. Assistant Professor in the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics at North Dakota State University.
2. Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Tennessee.
3. Professors in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Tennessee.
Review of Agricultural Economics via Wiley Interscience www3.interscience.wiley.com
Volume 31, Issue 4; Winter, 2009; Pages 894-913
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2009.01472.x
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