Acidification remediation alternatives: Exploring the temporal dimension with cost benefit analysis

Ambio

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-48

  Bostedt, Göran ^a   Löfgren, Stefan ^a   Innala, Sophia ^a   Bishop, Kevin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidification recovery; Aquatic ecosystem services; Cost benefit analysis; Forest soil liming; Surface water liming

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ACIDIFICATION; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST SOIL; SOIL REMEDIATION; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; PH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL; SWEDEN; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 77951022949     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-009-0004-9     Document Type: Article

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