Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1038/s41893-019-0437-5 |
A benefit-cost analysis of floodplain land acquisition for US flood damage reduction | |
Johnson, Kris A.1; Wing, Oliver E. J.2,3; Bates, Paul D.2,3; Fargione, Joseph1; Kroeger, Timm4; Larson, William D.5; Sampson, Christopher C.3; Smith, Andrew M.3 | |
2020 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE SUSTAINABILITY |
ISSN | 2398-9629 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 3期号:1页码:56-62 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA; England |
英文摘要 | Flooding is the costliest form of natural disaster and impacts are expected to increase, in part, due to exposure of new development to flooding. However, these costs could be reduced through the acquisition and conservation of natural land in floodplains. Here we quantify the benefits and costs of reducing future flood damages in the United States by avoiding development in floodplains. We find that by 2070, cumulative avoided future flood damages exceed the costs of land acquisition for more than one-third of the unprotected natural lands in the 100-yr floodplain (areas with a 1% chance of flooding annually). Large areas have an even higher benefit-cost ratio: for 54,433 km(2) of floodplain, avoided damages exceed land acquisition costs by a factor of at least five to one. Strategic conservation of floodplains would avoid unnecessarily increasing the economic and human costs of flooding while simultaneously providing multiple ecosystem services. Flooding is the costliest natural disaster. Focusing on the United States, this analysis finds that by 2070 avoided damages exceed land acquisition costs for more than one-third of unprotected natural lands in the 100-year floodplain. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000510817700012 |
WOS关键词 | RIVER ; MODEL |
WOS类目 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/289926 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Nature Conservancy, Minneapolis, MN 55415 USA; 2.Univ Bristol, Sch Geog Sci, Bristol, Avon, England; 3.Fathom, Engine Shed, Bristol, Avon, England; 4.Nature Conservancy, 1815 N Lynn St, Arlington, VA USA; 5.Fed Housing Finance Agcy, Off Policy Anal & Res, Washington, DC USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Johnson, Kris A.,Wing, Oliver E. J.,Bates, Paul D.,et al. A benefit-cost analysis of floodplain land acquisition for US flood damage reduction[J]. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY,2020,3(1):56-62. |
APA | Johnson, Kris A..,Wing, Oliver E. J..,Bates, Paul D..,Fargione, Joseph.,Kroeger, Timm.,...&Smith, Andrew M..(2020).A benefit-cost analysis of floodplain land acquisition for US flood damage reduction.NATURE SUSTAINABILITY,3(1),56-62. |
MLA | Johnson, Kris A.,et al."A benefit-cost analysis of floodplain land acquisition for US flood damage reduction".NATURE SUSTAINABILITY 3.1(2020):56-62. |
条目包含的文件 | 条目无相关文件。 |
除非特别说明,本系统中所有内容都受版权保护,并保留所有权利。
修改评论