Ecological Archives H001-003-A3

Wu Yang, Thomas Dietz, Daniel Boyd Kramer, Zhiyun Ouyang, and Jianguo Liu. 2015. An integrated approach to understanding the linkages between ecosystem services and human well-being. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 1:19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ehs15-0001.1

Appendix C (Table C1). Impacts of the earthquake on net benefits from socioeconomic activities and ecosystem services.

Net benefit

Before earthquake (2007)

After earthquake (2009)

t value

Net socioeconomic benefit (thousand yuan)

13.899 (2.612)

57.681 (9.964)

– 4.434***

Net benefit from provisioning services (thousand yuan)

10.279 (1.842)

3.063 (0.959)

4.821***

Net benefit from regulating services (thousand yuan)

3.519 (0.226)

3.468 (0.250)

– 0.730

Net benefit from cultural services (thousand yuan)

0.992 (0.390)

0.424 (0.251)

1.686*

Notes: Numbers outside and inside parentheses are means and standard errors, respectively. Monetary values for net benefits in 2009 were discounted into present values of 2007 for comparison. The sampled households in 2007 and 2009 are the same 101 households. *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001.


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