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Item Economic Value of the Maryland Coastal Bays Watershed(Water Resources Center, 2018-05-23) Kauffman, Gerald J.; Young, Jillian; Martin, Jordan; Homsey, Andrew R.The water, natural resources, and ecosystems in the Maryland Coastal Bays watershed contribute an economic value of $1 to $3 billion annually to the regional Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia economy. This report examines that economic value in three different ways: 1. Economic value directly related to the Maryland Coastal Bays watershed water resources and habitats. The Maryland Coastal Bays watershed contributes over $1.2 billion in annual economic activity from water quality, water supply, fish/wildlife, recreation, agriculture, forests, and public parks benefits. By state, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia contribute $200 million, $700 million, and $300 million, respectively, to the Coastal Bays watershed annual economy. 2. Value of goods and services provided by the Maryland Coastal Bays watershed ecosystems. Using natural capital as a measure of value, habitats in the Maryland Coastal Bays watershed provide $3 billion annually in ecosystem goods and services in 2017 dollars, with a net present value (NPV) of $97 billion calculated over a 100-year period. By state, the ecosystem services value of the watershed is $248 million in Sussex County, Delaware; $1.9 billion in Worcester County, Maryland; and $807 million in Accomack County, Virginia. 3. Employment related to the Maryland Coastal Bays watershed resources and habitats. Using employment as a measure of value, natural resources within the Maryland Coastal Bays watershed directly and indirectly supports over 50,000 jobs with over $1.5 billion in annual wages. The purpose of these estimates is to demonstrate that the Maryland Coastal Bays watershed provides real and significant economic benefits to the regional economy in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia and are worthy of investment to keep these natural resources healthy and productive. Estimates were made by taking values from existing literature and studies and applying them to the Maryland Coastal Bays watershed using ecological economics and benefits-transfer techniques described in this report. Values are converted to 2017 dollars based on the change in the Northeast Region Consumer Price Index except where noted.Item Quantifying Load Reductions of Selected Pollutant Parameters Through the Use of Stormwater Best Management Practices in the Delaware Portion of the Christina Basin(2009-08-25T17:35:49Z) Homsey, Andrew R.; Corrozi Narvaez, Martha; Farris, Erika D.; Nelson, Maureen H.S.At the request of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), the Water Resources Agency (WRA), a unit of the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration, developed a process to quantify load reductions achieved through stormwater-control structures (best management practices, or BMPs) for selected pollutant parameters in the Delaware portion of the Christina Basin. This report summarizes the scope of the project and outlines the methodology, analysis, and implications.Item Toward Heritage Tourism in Sussex County, Delaware(Institute for Public Administration, Coastal Community Enhancement Initiative, and the Center for Historic Architecture and Design, 2007-11) Homsey, Andrew R.; Ames, David; Jiang, Xuan; Gayley, RebekahThis research assesses the feasibility of heritage tourism as part of an economic development strategy for Sussex County, Delaware. The research presented within indicates that a program of heritage tourism has a great deal of promise, especially given that there is an already highly developed tourist infrastructure in many areas. In 2003, the county attracted 2.5 million visitors, mostly to the beach and resort communities in the east. There are, however, a relative lack of tourist draws in many other areas of the county. This study identifies seven distinct thematic groupings of heritage resources around which tourism programs may be built. Many of these thematic groupings have a wide geographic range, occurring both in the more populous and visited east as well as the less known regions in the central and western portions of the county. The seven themes are: the natural environment (including the coast), maritime tradition, beach resort communities, historic architecture, agriculture and agri-tourism, small towns, and religion.