A Preliminary Investigation of the Potential Costs and Benefits of Rehabilitation of the Nakivubo Wetland, Kampala

Evaluating the Potential Returns to Investing in Green Urban Development in Durban

“…This is because the overall level of sanitation in this catchment is already relatively high. In comparison, the same green engineering and conservation measures would be ineffective in Kampala where the proportion of the catchment under unserviced informal settlements is extremely high (Turpie et al 2016). Scenario 2 is not considered further and the remainder of the report focuses on the relative benefits of different interventions in relation to a Clean Baseline.…”

Economic appraisal of ecosystem services and restoration scenarios in a tropical coastal Ramsar wetland in India

“…The cost-benefit ratio and internal rate of return for restoring wetlands, especially coastal wetlands, can be low in comparison to other ecosystems types, however, restoration is often economically viable (de Groot et al, 2013;Cao et al, 2018). Its viability largely depends on the spatial extension of the wetland (Yang et al, 2016), the time period over which costs and benefits are assessed (Vázquez-González et al, 2017), the rate of discounting applied (de Groot et al, 2013;Turpie et al, 2016) and the level of restoration considered in the analysis (Pattison-Williams et al, 2018). In some wetland restoration projects, the costs outweigh the benefits (Pattison et al, 2011) while in others, the benefits can far outweigh the costs (Birol et al, 2006).…”