ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABLE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
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ADVANCES IN THE ECONOMICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES VOLUME 7
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABLE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT EDITED BY
JON D. ERICKSON Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, USA
FRANK MESSNER Department of Economics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
IRENE RING Department of Economics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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CONTENTS ix
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
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PREFACE
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PART I: INTRODUCTION ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS AT THE WATERSHED SCALE: COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE UNITED STATES AND GERMAN EXPERIENCES AND APPROACHES Jon D. Erickson, Frank Messner and Irene Ring
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PART II: WATERSHED MANAGEMENT RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT IN GERMANY: PAST EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES AHEAD Daniel Petry and Ines Dombrowsky
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THE EVOLUTION OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES Austin Troy
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PART III: SCENARIO ANALYSIS AND INTEGRATED WATERSHED MODELING SCENARIO ANALYSIS IN THE ELBE RIVER BASIN AS PART OF INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT Frank Messner v
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SCENARIO ANALYSIS OF ECONOMY–ECOLOGY INTERACTIONS IN THE HUDSON RIVER BASIN Bongghi Hong, Karin E. Limburg, Myrna H. Hall and Jon D. Erickson INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL AND HYDROLOGICAL MODELING WITHIN AN INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK REGION Peter Krein