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The Valuation of Wetlands, 2d edition, describes the five types of wetland systems, explores characteristics that define a wetland, and details the benefits wetlands bring to ecosystems. It also shows how the market value of a wetland is affected by development and location, explains the approaches used to estimate a wetland property’s market value, and presents reasons why appraisers may assign different values to the same property. The handbook concludes with a discussion of wetlands mitigation banking, which allows developers to use some wetlands in return for maintaining others.

 

Since the first edition of The Valuation of Wetlands was published in 1995, significant changes in the legal-political landscape have occurred. New scientific data has been released, new legislation has been passed, and new regulations have been put in place. This second edition of the popular handbook provides updated information on these recent developments to help market participants stay abreast of important wetland issues.

 

About the Author
David Michael Keating, MAI, is chairman of Real Property Economics, Inc., a real estate advisory firm located in Jacksonville, Fla. He has 16 years of professional experience. Mr. Keating has published four books and several articles in professional journals, has lectured at various state and national real estate conventions, and was a contributing author on the Appraisal of Real Estate, 12th edition.