title: Energy analysis of nonmarket values of the Mississippi Delta.
abstract: An energy analysis was used to estimate nonmarket values under various land cover scenarios in the Mississippi Delta. Land loss since 1900 has led to a decline in nonmarket values from $3.1 billion/year in 1900 to $2.5 billion in 1990, resulting in a total loss of $29.4 billion. This loss is concentrated in the Barataria-Terrebonne basins, where nonmarket value has dropped from $1.6 billion/year in 1956 to $1.3 billion/year in 1988. Although values are projected to increase in the Atchafalaya basin (from $723 million/year in 1988 to $756 million/year in 2058), total nonmarket value for the Louisiana coast is projected to decrease to $2.1 billion/year under currently approved levels of restoration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Coastal Ecology Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cardoch
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D003246:Conservation of Energy Resources / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D017753:Ecosystem; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D005618:Fresh Water; D019015:Geologic Sediments; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D012016:Reference Values