#costbenefit — Public Fediverse posts

Where To Restore And Conserve? A Regional Benefit/Cost Analysis Of Coral Reef Protection And Restoration For Coastal Flood Resilience
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128166 <-- shared paper
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#USVirginIslands #USVI #coast #coastal #flood #mitigation #flooding #risk #hazard #humanimpacts #cost #benefit #costbenefit #benefitcost #analysis #BCA #coral #reef #conservation #restoration #management #economics #protection #riskreduction #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #climatehazard #climaterisk #hydrodynamic #model #modeling #casestudy #extremeweather #storm #stormsurge #infrastructure #SaintCroix #SaintJohn #SaintThomas #valuation #validation #protection #riskmanagement #quantification

The 3D Elevation Program—Supporting The Economy Of Massachusetts [USGS]
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/fs20253044 <-- shared USGS fact sheet
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #3DEP #opendata #LiDAR #elevation #DEM #Massachusetts #USA #costbenefit #returnoninvestment #topography #usecase #cost #economics #risk #hazard #infrastructure #USGS
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Monitoring Earth's Glacial Lakes From Space With Machine Learning
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https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5200494 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #satellite #earthobservation #remotesensing #glacier #glacial #glaciallakes #lakes #water #hydrology #melting #climatechange #risk #hazard #publicsafety #infrastructure #damage #loss #cost #economics #mountain #cryosphere #artificiaintelligence #glaciallakeoutburstflood #GLOF #satelliteimageanalysis #AI #machinelearning #deeplearning #literaturereview #landsat #sentinel #radar #highalpine #costbenefit #multispectral #hyperspectral #detection

In December a new European Commission will take office. Under the slogan of #competitiveness, they see it as their priority to hack away at public interest rules – from social rights to the environmental protections – that corporations and lobbies consider too ‘inhibiting’.

Here are 16 different initiatives the @eu deregulation campaign will unfold: https://corporateeurope.org/en/2024/11/16-steps-towards-deregulation

#costBenefit #SingleMarket #EU #EuropeanCommission #Commission #Europe #UrsulaVonDerLeyen #VonDerLeyen #UvDL #lobbies #CorporateEurope #industry #economy #transition #socialRights #environment #business

Inflation Reduction Act Accelerates USGS Effort To Collect High-Resolution Data Of Landscapes Across 25 States [3DEP LiDAR and other elevation open datasets]
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/inflation-reduction-act-accelerates-usgs-effort-collect-high-resolution <-- USGS news release
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NGTOC #3DEP #elevation #lidar #ifsar #opendata #ira #infrastructure #USGS #CONUS #Alaska #topography #pointcloud #dem #costbenefit #roi #benefits #naturalresources #3delevationprogram #funding #seamless #1metre #topobathy #CoNED #tbdem #hydrospatial #bathymetry #landscapes #landcover #hydrology #riverbeds #precisionagriculture #floodmapping #flooding #ecosystems #partnerships

This Sadler's Lectures podcast episode finishes the set of five on Robert Audi's article "The Ethical Significance of Cost Benefit Analysis". After this, it's on to episodes about Rosemarie Tong's examination of ethics of care

https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/robert-audi-the-ethical-significance-of-cost-benefit-analysis-pluralistic-ethics-and-cost-benefit-analysis
#Podcast #Philosophy #Ethics #CostBenefit #Audi #Pluralism #PrimaFacieDuties