Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0560439

Funded Activity Summary

Integrating Economic Valuation and Water Quality Modelling for Improving Management of Coastal Catchments. This project will apply and integrate water quality models and economic assessment techniques to assist policy makers and catchment managers balance competing development pressures and environmental concerns in coastal catchments. The research is fundamental to underpinning the sustainable management of coastal catchments which provide major economic, environmental and community benefits. The project will provide robust tools to predict water quality impacts under a range of conditions and it will develop techniques for the economic valuation of market and non-market impacts. The project will demonstrate the integration of water quality and economic modelling and how it can influence policy and investment in conservation and remediation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 08-06-2005

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $225,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Natural Resource Management | Environmental Science and Management | Environment And Resource Economics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and water management | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Environmental and resource evaluation not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Environment And Resource Economics | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental and resource evaluation not elsewhere classified | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Land and water management | Natural Resource Management

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