Managing a Sea: The Ecological Economics of the BalticRoutledge, 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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... Baltic Sea and the importance of the interdependence between the Baltic Sea countries in this degradation process were formally realized as early as the 1970s. The first international Convention on the Protection of the Marine ...
The Ecological Economics of the Baltic Ing-Marie Gren, R. Kerry Turner, Frederick Wulff. their encompassing systems are very valuable assets, some of which can be quantified in monetary terms. The Baltic coasts are popular tourist areas ...
... Baltic Sea. The provision of analysis sufficient to provide all the chain linkages is rare at such a large scale as in the Baltic Sea and its drainage basin, making the approaches and results presented in this book quite novel in this ...
... Baltic Sea is larger for phosphorus than for nitrogen, which therefore implies lower costs for nutrient load reductions. The nutrient load would probably be higher if it were not for the remaining wetlands, however, in particular in the ...
... Baltic Sea. Then, these impacts have to be 'translated' into terms meaningful to people so that they are able to ... Proper and the Bothnian Sea will have impacts on the concentration ratios, not only there, but also in the entire Baltic ...
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 |