A Method for Computing Return on Investment of Ecological Restoration of Coastal Mud Flat

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to investigate the use of condition linear programming model to optimize development and ecological restoration of coastal mud flat, in particular maximizing ecosystem service values, minimizing ecological restoration cost and computing return on investment of ecological restoration of coastal mud flat. Such a linear programming model for Dafeng City, Jiangsu Province, China was constructed to represent all ecosystem and ecological restoration services and given the return on optimal investment of ecological restoration for the coastal mud flat. This indicates that there is a possibility of obtaining a decision support system from the linear programming model and suggests that it is possible to improve decisions of restoration programs of the coastal mud flat by the return on investment of ecological restoration in which multiple service benefits can be maximized and ecological restoration cost can be minimized simultaneously.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 522-524)
• Pages: 709-712
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.522-524.709
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Ling Sun, Ze Sheng Zhu
• Keywords: Coastal Mud Flat, Ecological Restoration, Optimization, Return on Investment

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