Table of Contents

• Abstract
• Acknowledgements
• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Study Objectives and Methodology
• Chapter 3: Stakeholder Assessment of Map Producing Agencies
• Chapter 4: Cost for Geological Mapping
• Chapter 5: Geological Mapping Program Activities — ​Critical Components
• Chapter 6: Benefits of Geological Mapping: Quantitative Assessment of Responses to Stakeholder Questionnaire
• Chapter 7: Geological Map Demand and Economic Estimates of Costs and Benefits
• Chapter 8: Regional Variations in Costs and Benefits of Geological Mapping
• Chapter 9: Quantitative Value Assessment from Independent EPA Data
• Chapter 10: Qualitative Assessment of Value of Geological Maps by Stakeholders
• Chapter 11: An Economic Model of General Geological Mapping Applications
• Chapter 12: Stakeholder Input about Future Geological Mapping
• Chapter 13: Lessons Learned and Suggestions for Future Analyses
• Chapter 14: Summary and Conclusions
• Appendix 1: Cost Sheet Template
• Appendix 2: Questionnaire to Stakeholders
• Appendix 3: Example Solication Letter Requesting Stakeholders to Participate in National Cost-Benefit Assessment
• Appendix 4: Summary Statistics, Outliers, and Confidence Intervals
• Appendix 5: Annual State Geological Survey Map Views
• Appendix 6: Regional Cost-Benefit Analysis Datasets
• Appendix 6a: Questionnaire Data Schema
• Appendix 6b: State Geological Survey Reporting Schema
• Appendix 7: Chapter 8 Supplemental Figures and Tables