A hydro-economic modelling framework for optimal management of groundwater nitrate pollution from agriculture

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 193-203

  Peña Haro, Salvador ^a   Pulido Velazquez, Manuel ^a   Sahuquillo, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffuse groundwater pollution; Hydro economic modelling; Nitrogen management; Optimization; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SITES; CROP PRODUCTION; DIFFUSE GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ECONOMIC LOSS; ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; EUROPE UNIONS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FERTILIZER USE; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HYDRO-ECONOMIC MODELLING; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MANAGEMENT MODEL; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; MULTIPLE POLLUTANTS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE POLLUTION; NITROGEN LOADING; NITROGEN MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN USE; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PLANNING HORIZONS; POINTS OF INTEREST; POLICY PROCESS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION SOURCES; QUALITY REQUIREMENTS; RECOVERY TIME; RESPONSE MATRICES; TARGET LEVELS; TARGET RECOVERY; TIME AND SPACE; TIME HORIZONS; TRANSPORT SIMULATION; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; COST REDUCTION; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; FLOW SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEACHING; LOADING; MANAGEMENT; NITRATES; NITROGEN; POLLUTION CONTROL; SIMULATORS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TARGETS; WATER CONSERVATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 66949115340     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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