Combining Economic and Ecological Indicators to Prioritize Salt Marsh Restoration Actions
通过联合分析估计罗德岛居民对盐沼功能的偏好，将生态生产与社会价值结合，为在固定预算下优先选择能最大提升福利的恢复行动提供方法。
While habitat functions are determined by ecological (physical) relationships, social values for these functions are determined by public preferences. Rhode Island residents' preferences for salt marsh functions were estimated through an application of stated preference (conjoint) analysis. The two models were designed to integrate production with values of wetland functions, thereby providing insights into the set of restoration actions that would offer the greatest potential for welfare improvement, given a fixed restoration budget. This paper discusses the design, implementation and estimation of the integrated model, and provides an example of how the model may be used to prioritize multiattribute restoration policies.