Even though surface water has been polluted almost everywhere in China, few economic valuation studies have been conducted to value water quality changes. This paper reports an economic valuation study conducted in Yunnan, China, which estimates the total value of a real investment project to...

This paper examines six different approaches to nutrient management, and simulates the economic costs and environmental impacts associated with them using NManager, a partial equilibrium simulation model developed by Motu and NIWA, the National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research. We...

This paper estimates hedonic price models for a sample of 610 vacation rental houses located in the vicinity of a lake and four-season ski-golf resort. Hedonic semilogarithmic regression models are estimated for peak summer and peak winter rentals for 2008. The regression estimates for weekly...

In December 1972, the Lake County Director for the Catholic Church, Father Costello, is reviewing the structure and financial results for the county youth program. He is concerned that available resources are not being used efficiently in the county program. Although the youth organization is...

Anchored on the scarcity of small lake studies in the country, the article explores the little-known small lake of Dolores, Quezon, Philippines — Gunao Lake; its existence virtually unheard of in scholarly literature. Specifically, the study documents the crater lake by delineating the status...

Many lakes in the Philippines are threatened, yet their governance has not received enough attention. This predicament is most severe on small lakes, as their localised governance have least been given consideration over the years. Predicated on this, the study explores the local governance of...

There had been more than the usual number of duplicate ticket numbers, too many angry patrons, and too few volunteers to help smooth the problems at the Mountain Lakes Theatre Festival. The final blow came during intermission when box-office workers discovered they were being paid $1 more than...

Lake Ziway is one of the largest fresh water Rift Valley Lakes of the Ethiopia; the Lake holds the intrinsic value and aesthetic quality of a wetland, including its functions like shelter for a diversity of plants, aquatic birds and fishes and it is also home of different monastery. This...