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Main Title Economic Criteria for Decisions on Preservation and Alteration of Natural Resources with Special Reference to Freshwater Wetlands in Massachusetts.
Author Gupt, Tirath R. ;
CORP Author Massachusetts Univ., Amherst. Dept. of Agricultural and Food Economics.
Year Published 1973
Report Number DI-14-31-0001-3596; OWRR-B-012-MASS ;OWRR-B-023-MASS; 02671,; B-012-MASS(4)
Stock Number PB-226 440
Additional Subjects Swamps ; Economic analysis ; Benefit cost analysis ; Decision making ; Massachusetts ; Land development ; Conservation ; Wildlife ; Flood control ; Esthetics ; Theses ; Marshes ; Wetlands
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NTIS  PB-226 440 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 273p
Abstract
Institutional forces such as laws, ownership costs and taxes, goals and plans of owners which affect wetland usage are described. Methods are given for valuing inland wetland benefits and opportunity costs and for determining the general magnitude of these values. Generally applicable criteria for making decisions for issuance of wetland alteration permits are presented.