Managing a Sea: The Ecological Economics of the BalticIng-Marie Gren, R. Kerry Turner, Fredrik Wulff Earthscan, 2000 - 138 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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... emission sources can be divided into two steps : 1 a geographical information system ( GIS ) description of land use and population patterns that enables the analyst to identify sources ; and 2 augmentation of the GIS is by data from ...
... emission sources , non - point sources , are located upstream and their discharges into the coastal water follow much more com- plex pathways via surface and groundwater water in the drainage basin . This also means that only a fraction ...
... emission sources 5 , 83 , 85 nutrient loads 5,9–10 , 125 calculation 22-7 , 23 , 27 linking to emission sources 21 national shares 24-5 , 25 , 27 , 27 sector shares 25-7 , 26 , 27 see also nutrient reduction ; nutrients nutrient ...
Contents
Land Use Population and Nutrient Loads | 17 |
Wetlands as Nutrient Sinks | 28 |
Costeffective Nutrient Reductions to the Baltic | 45 |
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