Nature-based Solutions Evidence Platform
The Nature-based Solutions Evidence Platform provides visualization and sorting tools for resources and data related to benefits from nature-based solutions. …
People and Community
Triple Bottom Line Guidelines
The Triple Bottom Line Guidelines from Melbourne Water outlines a process of including triple bottom line analysis into new water …
Estimating the costs and health benefits of water and sanitation improvements at global level
Estimating the costs and health benefits of water and sanitation improvements at global level compares the cost of improving water …
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A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Seminatural Wetlands and Activated Sludge Wastewater-Treatment Systems
A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Seminatural Wetlands and Activated Sludge Wastewater-Treatment Systems compares cost efficiency of wastewater treatment capacity for three …
Environmental Valuation Reference Inventory
The Environmental Valuation Reference Inventory compiles over 5,000 studies of economic valuations of environmental health and services. It allows you …
Green Infrastructure Evaluation Framework
The Green Infrastructure Evaluation Framework allows for people planning green infrastructure projects to identify and systematically calculate project benefits. Step …
Green Infrastructure Co-Benefits Valuation Tool
The Green Infrastructure Co-Benefits Valuation Tool is an Excel based economic valuation model. It calculates the net present value (NPV) …
Renaturing cities using a regionally-focused biodiversity-led multifunctional benefits approach to urban green infrastructure
This article, “Renaturing cities using a regionally-focused biodiversity-led multifunctional benefits approach to urban green infrastructure,” considers the biodiversity outcomes of …
A Meta-Analysis of Hedonic Studies to Assess the Property Value Effects of Low Impact Development
A Meta-Analysis of Hedonic Studies to Assess the Property Value Effects of Low Impact Development analyzed 35 different low impact …
The Effect of Low-Impact-Development on Property Values
The Effect of Low-Impact-Development on Property Values examines the added value to houses in a zip code in Seattle, WA …
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Quantifying the Potential Benefits of Land Conservation on Water Supply to Optimize Return on Investments
Quantifying the Potential Benefits of Land Conservation on Water Supply to Optimize Return on Investments uses economic valuation to determine …
Economic valuation of river restoration: An analysis of the valuation literature and its uses in decision making
Economic valuation of river restoration: An analysis of the valuation literature and its uses in decision-making compares valuations of 38 …
Economic-Engineering Method for Assessing Trade-Offs between Instream and Offstream Uses
Economic-Engineering Method for Assessing Trade-Offs between Instream and Offstream Uses creates a method for comparing values of instream and offstream …
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Recreation Benefits of Instream Flow: Application to Montana’s Big Hole and Bitterroot Rivers
Recreation Benefits of Instream Flow: Application to Montana’s Big Hole and Bitterroot Rivers uses economic valuation to calculate recreational and …
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Assessing The Direct Effects of Streamflow on Recreation: A Literature Review
Assessing The Direct Effects of Streamflow on Recreation: A Literature Review examines the relationship between stream flows and recreation quality. …
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Portland’s Green Infrastructure: Quantifying the Health, Energy, and Community Livability Benefits
Portland’s Green Infrastructure: Quantifying the Health, Energy, and Community Livability Benefits quantifies the benefits of green infrastructure (GI) initiatives. Using …
EnviroAtlas
EnviroAtlas is an online mapping and analysis tool by the U.S. EPA that allows users to evaluate the potential impact …
Rapid Benefit Indicators (RBI) Approach
The Rapid Benefit Indicators (RBI) approach allows users to quickly estimate and quantify non-monetary benefits to people around an ecological …
Identifying linkages between urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services using an expert opinion methodology
Identifying linkages between urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services using an expert opinion methodology compares benefits in urban distributed stormwater …
Lower Snake River Dams: Economic Tradeoffs of Removal
The report, Lower Snake River Dams: Economic Tradeoffs of Removal, analyzes the costs and benefits of removing four dams along …
Nature-Based Solutions Evidence Tool
The Nature-Based Solutions Evidence Tool is primarily an online catalog of peer-reviewed research that provides evidence of the impacts of …
The Napa River Basin, California
The Napa River Basin, California provides a short overview of the multi-benefit approach taken by the Napa River communities to …
Economics for the Environment Project Page
The Economics for the Environment Project Page provides summaries of several case studies and economic valuations for natural resources in …
The City Water Resilience Approach
The City Water Resilience Approach considers how cities can create resilient water management plans in the face of changing city …
i-Tree
The i-Tree portal allows environmental managers to quantify benefits of urban and rural forestry. The website provides tools from the …
Bringing Water and Land Use Together
Bringing Water and Land Use Together discusses Integrated Regional Water Management. This strategy is similar to the multi-benefit framework and …
A Framework for Estimating the Costs and Benefits of Dam Removal
A Framework for Estimating the Costs and Benefits of Dam Removal examines the case study of removing dams from the …
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The Economic Value of Riparian Buffers
The Economic Value of Riparian Buffers provides analyses of current valuation of riparian buffers. The report discusses valuation from impact …
Recreation Use Values Database
The Recreation Use Values Database catalogs studies that place valuations on recreational activities and the species related to these activities. …
An Analysis of the Demand for and Value of Outdoor Recreation in the United States
An Analysis of the Demand for and Value of Outdoor Recreation in the United States examines the valuation for 37 …
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