Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Wetland Restoration Scenarios in the Lynn River Subwatershed of Norfolk County, Southern Ontario

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dc.contributor.advisorDr. Wanhong, Yang
dc.contributor.authorHopkins, Laura
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-20T18:00:31Z
dc.date.available2019-12-20T18:00:31Z
dc.date.copyright2019-12
dc.date.created2019-12-17
dc.date.issued2019-12-20
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Geography, Environment and Geomaticsen_US
dc.degree.grantorUniversity of Guelphen_US
dc.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.degree.programmeGeographyen_US
dc.description.abstractThis research applies an integrated modelling approach, incorporating GIS, economic, and hydrologic modelling to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of wetland restoration scenarios in the 140 km2 Lynn River subwatershed in southern Ontario. Results from the Integrated Modelling for Watershed Evaluation of BMPs-Wetland (IMWEBs-Wetland) model show that under the historical climate scenario, wetland restoration decreases peak flow at the subwatershed outlet by an average 1.23 percent, and that individual wetland restoration locations retain local flows by an average 85 percent. The effects of low flow increases at the subwatershed outlet are not pronounced. The annual costs of wetland restoration were estimated with average opportunity costs, amortized restoration administration and engineering costs, and average inconvenience costs. The spatial distribution of wetland restoration cost-effectiveness shows locations that should be targeted for wetland restoration mainly due to their large contribution to peak flow decreases at the subwatershed outlet as well as low economic costs.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Guelph, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics
dc.description.sponsorshipArthur D. Latornell Fund
dc.description.sponsorshipCanadian Water Resources Association
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10214/17677
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Guelphen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectIMWEBsen_US
dc.subjectNorfolk Countyen_US
dc.subjectAlternative Land Use Services (ALUS)en_US
dc.subjectIntegrated Modellingen_US
dc.subjectWetland Restorationen_US
dc.subjectCost-Effectivenessen_US
dc.subjectPeak Flowen_US
dc.subjectLow Flowen_US
dc.titleEvaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Wetland Restoration Scenarios in the Lynn River Subwatershed of Norfolk County, Southern Ontarioen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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