Managing a Sea: The Ecological Economics of the BalticIng-Marie Gren, Kerry Turner, Fredrik Wulff Routledge, 2017 M07 28 - 150 pages Marine resources and fish stocks are now high on the international and economic research agendas, and the management of highly complex marine ecosystems is increasingly important. The task is complicated by the number of interlinked factors to be taken into account, such as social impacts, drainage systems, marine currents and the ecosystems involved. This interdisciplinary volume presents a comprehensive blueprint for managing a sea. Focused on the Baltic Sea, it employs a range of methods and techniques, including nutrient budgets and simulation models, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), economic valuation and policy analysis, to arrive at an assessment of causes and consequences of pollution in the sea and the management of its resources. From the analysis of data on land use, population, costs of nutrient reductions and associated impacts, it presents significant and highly practical empirical and policy results. It diagnoses the causes of marine degradation, identifies through the use of simulation models cost-effective strategies for remediation and sets out the policies to be pursued collectively by the countries around the sea to restore and manage their common resource. This is an exemplary study in the application of ecological economics to complex natural resource systems. It will be of interest to students, researchers and professionals working on any aspect of marine ecosystem management. |
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... Sea ecological degradation Management and policy evaluation Structure of the book PART I: LAND USE AND NUTRIENT LOADS 2 Land Use, Population and Nutrient Loads I-M Gren Land use and population in the drainage basin Nutrient loads to the ...
... drainage basin – watershed regions 1.2 P-S-I-R cycle, continuous feedback process 2.1 The Baltic Sea drainage basin 2.2 Urban and rural population in the drainage basin 2.3 Allocation of population in the drainage basin countries 2.4 ...
... Sea drainage basin , thousand km2 2.2 Ratios of Nutrient leaching , retention and load to the Baltic Sea 2.3 Nitrogen and phosphorus anthropogenic loads to the Baltic Sea 3.1 Present and drained wetland area by country in the Baltic Sea ...
... seas and coastal zones is the significance of ' out - of - zone ' activities and their effects . Most of the damage occurring within these places is related to activities located in the wider drainage basin and beyond . In the first ...
... Basin Regions Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland RUSSIAN Russian Federation FEDERATION Environmental pressures industrial / urban development ; agricultural intensification ... water sea further enhance the effects of the large inputs.
Contents
Wetlands as Nutrient Sinks | |
The wetland footprint of Baltic cities | |
Limiting nutrient | |
Regional scale Gulf of Riga | |
Basinwide benefits | |
Winners and Losers from Baltic Sea Nitrogen Reductions | |
Summary and discussion | |
Simulation results | |
Conclusions | |
References | |
Index | |
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Managing a Sea: The Ecological Economics of the Baltic Ing-Marie Gren,R. Kerry Turner,Fredrik Wulff Limited preview - 2000 |