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- Title
Evaluation of resource exploitation value and ecosystem service loss in Mentougou District of Beijing City.
- Authors
Liu Xu-sheng; Li Feng; Zhao Dan; Wang Bei-bei
- Abstract
By using the evaluation approach of ecosystem services (including mark et value, opportunity cost, restoration cost, and shadow project approaches), an d combining with situation investigation, the ecosystem service loss in Mentougou District of Beijing City caused by coal resource exploitation in 1949- 2006 was systematically evaluated. In the study area, coal mining mainly induced the cost increase of solid waste disposal and sink reclamation, and the losses in food production, water self-preserving, residents moving, and water and soil resources. The ecosystem service loss caused by the coal mining in 194 9-2006 was about 54.3 billion Yuan RMB, approximately 9 times high of its market economic benefit (5.9 billion Yuan RMB). It was very difficult or needed a long time to restore the damaged ecosystem.
- Subjects
BEIJING (China); CHINA; ECOSYSTEM services; COAL mining; WASTE management; ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis; ENVIRONMENTAL risk assessment
- Publication
Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao, 2009, Vol 20, Issue 6, p1431
- ISSN
1001-9332
- Publication type
Article