Environmental mitigation at hydroelectric projects: Volume II. Benefits and costs of fish passage and protection

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Francfort ◽  
G. F. Cada ◽  
D. D. Dauble ◽  
R. T. Hunt ◽  
D. W. Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fish Passage ◽  
Hydroelectric Projects ◽  
Environmental Mitigation ◽  
Benefits And Costs

scholarly journals Environmental mitigation at hydroelectric projects. Volume 2, Benefits and costs of fish passage and protection

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.E. Francfort ◽  
B.N. Rinehart ◽  
G.L. Sommers ◽  
G.F. Cada ◽  
D.W. Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fish Passage ◽  
Hydroelectric Projects ◽  
Environmental Mitigation ◽  
Benefits And Costs

Estimating benefits and costs: a case of fish passages in Lao PDR and the development of the Lower Mekong Fishway Support Tool

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (9) ◽  
pp. 1284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethany Cooper ◽  
Lin Crase ◽  
Lee J. Baumgartner
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Lao Pdr ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Fish Passage ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Benefit Cost Analysis ◽  
Benefit Cost ◽  
Benefits And Costs

Fishways are often presented as a parsimonious way of assisting water infrastructure development in developing countries while preserving some ecosystem values. More specifically, fishways help preserve migratory freshwater fish species, which are often a main source of protein and other nutrients for many rural communities. To date, much of the literature regarding fishway development focuses on increasing understanding of the interaction between the fish populations and engineering interventions. Accordingly, there is limited analysis that considers fishway construction relative to the specific benefits and costs that subsequently accrue to humans. In this study we outline the development of a decision support tool designed to assist officials in the Lower Mekong evaluate the merits of constructing fishways to address barriers to fish passage. Arguably, the tool can also be modified to assess the avoided cost of building additional barriers that constrain fish migration. The Lower Mekong Fishway Support Tool (LMFST) is underpinned by economic notions and populated with input from experts involved in fishway construction. The LMFST is intended to provide indicative monetary estimates and does not replace comprehensive engineering and social analysis; rather, it guides users in assessing those locations and structures that are more likely to deliver a positive outcome for local communities. The LMFST is buttressed in benefit–cost analysis and encourages decision making to be more transparent and this is one of the major contributions of this work.

The benefits and costs of being bicultural

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela-MinhTu D. Nguyen ◽  
Veronica Benet-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Benefits And Costs

Confronting the Problems of Professional Sports: A Public Policy Response to Franchise Relocation and Stadium Subsidization

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taylor F Brinkman
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Professional Sports ◽  
The United States ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
Sports Leagues ◽  
Sports Finance ◽  
Sports Venues ◽  
Benefits And Costs

During the past decade, forty-six professional sports venues were constructed in the United States, while only 16 expansion teams were created by the major sports leagues. Nearly two thirds of these newly built stadiums and arenas were funded with public tax revenues, despite substantial evidence showing no positive economic impact of new sports stadium construction on local communities. In reviewing the economic literature, this article investigates the role of professional sports organizations in the construction and public subsidization of new sports venues. Franchise relocation and public stadium subsidization is a direct result of the monopoly power of professional sports leagues, whose franchise owners extract large subsidies from their host communities by threatening to relocate to viable alternative locations. After explaining how the most common methods of stadium subsidization project a disproportionate allocation of the benefits and costs of hosting a professional team to local community interests, this article outlines several considerations for local policymakers who seek to reinvigorate public discussion of equity concerns in professional sports finance.

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