Multiple function benefit - Cost comparison of conservation buffer placement strategies

Agriculture & Biology

• conservation buffers 100%
• soil surveys 45%
• buffers 38%
• cost effectiveness 33%
• topography 33%
• water quality 31%
• planning 29%
• agricultural watersheds 25%
• stormwater 23%
• wildlife habitats 22%
• erosion control 21%
• pollution control 20%
• ecological function 18%
• rivers 12%
• methodology 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• cost-benefit 71%
• watershed 45%
• cost 32%
• soil survey 30%
• comparison 26%
• targeting 24%
• topography 18%
• water quality improvement 16%
• planning 15%
• wildlife habitat 15%
• evaluation criterion 14%
• erosion control 14%
• ecosystem function 12%
• stormwater 12%
• mitigation 9%
• water quality 8%
• methodology 7%
• land 6%
• program 6%
• river 6%

Social Sciences

• conservation 53%
• costs 35%
• Water quality 12%
• River watershed 8%
• geography 7%
• Environmental improvement 6%
• planning conception 6%
• habitat 5%
• erosion 5%
• planning 2%
• methodology 2%
• evaluation 2%