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. 2018 Apr 17;15(4):780. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15040780

Table 1.

List of assessment methods.

List of Assessment Methods
Types Main Equations Meaning of Variables
Market value method S1=i=1nPi×ΔR S1 is the economic loss of environment quality;
P is the market price of good i;
ΔR is the yield reduction of good i that caused by pollution and ecological damage.
Opportunity cost method S2=V2×W2 S2 is the opportunity cost of the loss;
V2 is the Unit opportunity cost of the certain resource;
W2 is the amount of resources being polluted or damaged.
Engineering cost method S3=V3×Q S3 is the cost of prevention and controlling pollution or destruction;
V3 is the unit costs of protecting, restoring or replacing the original environmental functions;
Q is the unit costs of protecting, restoring or replacing the original environmental functions;