Costs of abandoned coal mine reclamation and associated recreation benefits in Ohio

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• 作者：Shruti K. Mishra^a ; ^{saishruti@gmail.com} ; Frederick J. Hitzhusen^a ; Brent L. Sohngen^a ; Jean-Michel Guldmann^b
• 关键词：Externalities ; Water quality ; Coal mining ; Ecosystem services ; Recreational value ; Coal mine reclamation ; Policy
• 刊名：Journal of Environmental Management
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：82_03014797
• 类别：env
• 出版时间：15 June, 2012
• 卷：100
• 期：Complete
• 页码：52-58
• 文件大小：396 K

摘要

Two hundred years of coal mining in Ohio have degraded land and water resources, imposing social costs on its citizens. An interdisciplinary approach employing hydrology, geographic information systems, and a recreation visitation function model, is used to estimate the damages from upstream coal mining to lakes in Ohio. The estimated recreational damages to five of the coal-mining-impacted lakes, using dissolved sulfate as coal-mining-impact indicator, amount to $21 Million per year. Post-reclamation recreational benefits from reducing sulfate concentrations by 6.5%and 15%in the five impacted lakes were estimated to range from $1.89 to $4.92 Million per year, with a net present value ranging from $14.56 Million to $37.79 Million. A benefit costs analysis (BCA) of recreational benefits and coal mine reclamation costs provides some evidence for potential Pareto improvement by investing limited resources in reclamation projects.