EXTERNAL COSTS OF LAND SUBSIDENCE IN HOUSTON BAYTOWN AREA uri icon

abstract

  • Groundwater withdrawal from underground aquifers in excess of natural recharge is causing land surface subsidence along the Texas coast. External costs of subsidence are estimated from a survey of damages and losses in property value in the Houston-Baytown area of Texas. Estimates of total costs, primarily in fresh- and saltwater flooding, are used in a break-even analysis to compare areal costs of groundwater to costs of water from surface sources. Substitution of surface water for all groundwater that results in subsidence is suggested as a means of minimizing total water costs to the area. 1975 Oxford University Press.

published proceedings

  • AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • WARREN, J. P., JONES, L. L., LACEWELL, R. D., & GRIFFIN, W. L.

citation count

  • 6

complete list of authors

  • WARREN, JP||JONES, LL||LACEWELL, RD||GRIFFIN, WL

publication date

  • January 1975

publisher