Ecological Assets Evaluation with Case Study for Yellow River Delta in China

Abstract

The relationship between ecological environment and human’s living habitat is becoming more and more close, which provides the necessary material conditions for human’s living. The progress and development of society cannot be separated from the supply of ecological resources’ raw materials. However, because of the characteristics of ecological asset value, it is difficult to express its value directly in the form of money. Therefore, human beings often ignore part of its actual hidden value, which leads to the failure to treasure and rationally use natural resource. Man’s influence on the ecological environment is increasing day by day. Taking the Yellow River Delta as an example, this paper analyzes and evaluates the value of its ecological resource asssets, calculates the value of various ecological resource assets by using the recovery cost method, the market method, and the results reference method, and finally obtains the total value of ecological assets. In the form of concrete data, it shows the actual value of the ecosystem and improves people’s understanding of the ecological value.

Eco-Asset Variations and Their Driving Factors in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China, under the Context of Global Change

“…Moreover, it will also show differences with the dynamic changes in spatial location and time [1]. Since the 20th century, the rapid growth of the global economy has increased the consumption of resources [2], and the imbalance between the demand for ecological assets for the purposes of regional economic development and ecological supply has become more evident [3]. Recently, experts and scholars in China and other countries have begun to assess the value of natural resources and the human well-being they produce [4].…”