Greenville County’s proposed river buffer
Having proposed to expand buffers around streams, rivers, and wetlands throughout the Reedy River watershed to improve water quality, Greenville County, SC asked Earth Economics to analyze the economic impacts of the proposal across eight current and planned neighborhood development sites.
The economic value of seven environmental and community-based benefits were valued at each site, include changes associated real estate development within the buffers:
Water Quality
Home Value
Economic Development
Neighborhood Development
Tax Revenue
Flood Protection Value
Recreation Value
