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Ecosystem services in German infrastructure planning : a case study of the projected Lower Weser deepening / Nils Droste; Jasper N. Meya. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Department of Economics
VerfasserDroste, Nils ; Meya, Jasper N.
ErschienenLeipzig : Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, 2015
UmfangOnline-Ressource (PDF-Datei: [23] S., 0,3 MB) : graph. Darst.
SpracheEnglisch
SerieUFZ-Diskussionspapiere ; 2015,8
URNurn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-79362 
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We study the incorporation of ecosystem services in German water infrastructure planning exemplified by a projected deepening of the Lower Weser river channel. Therefore we recalculate the project's benefit-cost ratio by integrating the monetary value of changes in different ecosystem services: i) the restoration costs of a planned mitigation measure for a loss in fresh water supply for agricultural production in the estuary ii) costs of loss in habitat services by transferring the willingness to pay between a contingent valuation study to the area assessed in the environmental impact assessment and iii) the benefits of emission savings induced by more efficient shipping taking a marginal abatement cost approach. We find that the inclusion of monetary values for ecosystem service changes leads to a substantial drop in the benefit-cost ratio and consequently argue for a reform of the standard to facilitate more complete welfare assessments.