Adaptation and mitigation strategies for controlling stochastic water pollution: An application to the Baltic Sea

Ecological Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 337-347

  Gren, Ing Marie ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cost effectiveness; Covariance; Mitigation; Stochastic programming; Stochastic water pollution

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 44349141958     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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