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Off-site Costs of Soil Erosion: a Case Study in the Willamette Valley

Year: 1987

Type: article

Abstract: This study attempts to provide relative magnitudes of average and marginal costs of off-site sediment-related costs in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Water treatment; road, river channel, and dam maintenance; and hydroelectric generation are examined. Road maintenance and water treatment are nonnegligible average cost items. These costs should not be interpreted as justification for erosion control as marginal cost estimates for water treatment indicate the controls on the margin would yield roughly one-third the average cost.

Source: RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.32477

Authors: Moore, Walter B., McCarl, Bruce A.

Language: English

Topic: Soil erosion and sediment transport

Subfield: Soil Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Life on land, Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2164685422

FWCI: 1.787

Cites: 4

Cited by: 64

Related to: 10