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. |
From inside the book
... nutrient reductions to associated benefits. Starting in the late 1960s, the empirical work on water-quality management has been focused on relatively small watersheds (Kneese and Bower, 1968). The linkage of economic activities with ...
... reduction measures. However, from a management point of view, the decisions are 'simple' when toxic substances accumulate that cause a reduction ... nutrient loading spatially or temporally speaking. The principal nutrient pollution sources ...
... reducing the nutrient loads. The second is the absence of institutions and mechanisms for undertaking nutrient reduction investments. The ultimate purpose of this book is to help fill this knowledge gap by presenting results from a ...
... nutrient reductions by the Baltic Sea countries. A cost-benefit analysis requires that the costs of nutrient reductions must be related to the associated benefits as measured in monetary terms. Although seemingly simple in principle, in ...
... nutrient reductions with associated human welfare changes from impacts on the Baltic Sea. The provision of analysis ... Nutrient Loads; Part II Economic and Ecological Evaluation of reductions in nutrient loads to the Baltic Sea; and ...
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 | |
Other editions - View all
Managing a Sea: The Ecological Economics of the Baltic Ing-Marie Gren,R. Kerry Turner,Fredrik Wulff Limited preview - 2000 |