 Mapping the economic value of landslide regulation by forestsL.M. Brander, S. Tankha, C. Sovann, G. Sanadiradze, N. Zazanashvili, D. Kharazishvili, N. Memiadze, I. Osepashvili, G. Beruchashvili and N. Arobelidze Ecosystem Services, 2018, vol. 32, issue PA, 101-109 Abstract: The role of forests in regulating landslide risks is well established but estimates of the economic value of this ecosystem service are limited. In order to incorporate the role of forests for landslide risk mitigation in spatial planning and other decision-making contexts, there is a need for spatially explicit information regarding the value of this service. We develop a methodological framework to combine bio-physical modelling of natural hazard risk and socio-economic exposure in a predictive model to estimate and map of the economic value of forest regulation of landslides. This method is applied in a case study of Adjara Autonomous Republic of Georgia to examine alternative scenarios for forest management and associated land cover change. The approach produces credible spatially explicit results to inform policy decisions regarding investment in forest management; and has the potential for replication in other data scarce regions. Keywords: Forests; Landslide regulation; Scenario mapping; Economic valuation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ecoser:v:32:y:2018:i:pa:p:101-109 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.06.003 Access Statistics for this article Ecosystem Services is currently edited by Leon C Braat More articles in Ecosystem Services from Elsevier |
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