Doctoral Dissertation Research in Geography and Regional Science

这项博士论文奖将支持对美国中西部农业地区的河岸湿地森林进行经济分析。该项目的目的是检验一个假设，即河岸湿地森林被低估，因此在玉米带生产不足。该项目旨在通过开发一个将洪泛区土地利用与环境服务的经济价值联系起来的模型，来研究河岸湿地森林对社会的益处。在减少对溪流和河流的破坏的最有希望的替代方案中，保护洪泛区土地作为河岸湿地森林。本研究对非点源污染治理和退耕还田具有重要的政策指导意义。它强调必须认识到水质与农业做法之间相互作用的重要性。

This doctoral dissertation award will support an economic analysis of riparian wetland forests in the agricultural midwestern United States. The purpose of the project is to test the hypothesis that riparian wetland forests have been undervalued and therefore underproduced in the Corn Belt. This project seeks to examine the benefits of riparian wetland forest to society by developing a model that links floodplain land use with economic values of environmental services. Among the most promising alternatives for reducing the damage to streams and rivers is protection of floodplain lands as riparian wetland forests. This project will have significance for policy regarding nonpoint pollution control and farmland retirement programs. It underlines the need to recognize the importance of the interaction between water quality and agricultural practices.