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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... 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 Environment of ...
... Baltic coasts are popular tourist areas, and also serve as spawning, nursery ... Sea at minimum cost. The cost-benefit criterion is too narrow, however, in ... countries. A cost-benefit analysis requires that the costs of nutrient ...
... countries. The ultimate aim of these three tasks is to link the economic activities that bear the costs of nutrient reductions with associated human welfare changes from impacts on the Baltic Sea. The provision of analysis sufficient to ...
... Baltic Proper and the Bothnian Sea will have impacts on the concentration ratios, not only there, but also in the entire Baltic Sea. These relationships between basins, and also between countries with coasts in the different basins ...
... Baltic Sea to bring it back to the biological conditions prevailing prior to the 1950s. Studies are undertaken in two countries: Sweden and Poland. A random sample is chosen in each country and the respondents are asked if they are ...
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 |