Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/101986 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 68.2014
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
Although the effectiveness of flushing floods in restoring basic environmental functions in highly engineered rivers has been extensively tested, the opportunity cost is still considered to represent an important limitation to putting these actions into practice. In this paper, we present a two-stage method for the assessment of the opportunity cost of the periodical release of flushing flows in the lower reaches of rivers with regimes that are basically controlled by series of dams equipped with hydropower generation facilities. The methodology is applied to the Lower Ebro River in Spain. The results show that the cost of the reduced power generation resulting from the implementation of flushing floods is lower than the observed willingness to pay for river restoration programmes.
Subjects: 
River Restoration
Flushing Flows
Opportunity Costs
Hydropower
Ebro River
JEL: 
Q2
Q25
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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