A systematic approach of determining compensation and allocation for river basin water environment based on total pollutants control.
Payment for ecosystem services
River basin
Valuation
Journal
Journal of environmental management
ISSN: 1095-8630
Titre abrégé: J Environ Manage
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0401664
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Oct 2020
01 Oct 2020
Historique:
received:
08
01
2020
revised:
29
05
2020
accepted:
30
05
2020
entrez:
12
8
2020
pubmed:
12
8
2020
medline:
13
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The compensation of upstream protective area should be determined carefully. This paper provides a comprehensive evaluation framework for economic assessments on the treatment of wastewater discharged into a river basin. We explore the rational costs of compensation and the funding allocation in the Xin'an River basin based on rate agreements. The compensation is determined in accordance with the total compensation model based on the opportunity cost method and allocated by the method of information entropy. In this study, we identify the total compensation payment and distribution of funds in each district and county in the upstream area (Huangshan). Results show that the She county can receive the highest compensation, and the Tunxi district deserves the lowest compensation. In addition, this paper demonstrates that the existing compensation is insufficient for the reduction of water pollutants in the upstream area. Our findings contribute to the existing schemes of ecosystem services payment and improve the environmental decision-making.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32778258
pii: S0301-4797(20)30826-4
doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110896
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Environmental Pollutants
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
110896Informations de copyright
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