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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... benefit estimate 6.3 Basin - wide benefit estimates 6.4 Benefits and costs from a 50 per cent reduction of the nutrient load to the Baltic , millions of SEK per year 7.1 Effective charges at non - point nutrient emission sources , SEK ...
... benefit analysis are enormous, and several simplifying assumptions have to be made before the main analytical steps ... estimates derived via a geographical information system (GIS) presented in Chapter 2, the total area of the ...
... estimates are based on GIS data and statistical sources. The GIS data base shows that about 138,000 km2 of the basin ... benefit analysis is carried out. It contains three chapters: calculations of the costs of reduction in ...
... benefit analysis, we also need to compare the costs of nutrient reductions with the benefits obtained from these ... estimate different percentage reductions in the nutrient loads. An important result from the simulation exercise ...
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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 |