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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... tons of nitrogen per year and approximately 37,000 tons of phosphorus per year . The inclusion of background leaching and air emissions from countries outside the drainage basin brings the calculated total nitrogen load to about 1,000,000 ...
... tons of nitrogen per year . The geographical distribution of the excretory release of nitrogen in processed sewage water from the human population in the drainage basin is shown in Figure 3.4 . Adding the nitrogen from the population in ...
... tons per year . Nitrogen in the excretory waste from the human population in processed sewage water was estimated to be 255,000 tons per year . There may also be leakage from forests and agricultural land into the wetlands , but lack of ...
Contents
Land Use Population and Nutrient Loads | 17 |
Wetlands as Nutrient Sinks | 28 |
Costeffective Nutrient Reductions to the Baltic | 45 |
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