Crop Discharge Permits for Reduction of Nitrogen Loads to the Baltic Sea

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-31

  Collentine, Dennis ^a,b   Johnsson, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Permit pricing; Tradable discharge permits; Water quality trading

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; CROP CULTIVATION; LOAD REDUCTION; NITROGEN LOADS; NUTRIENT LOADS; PERMIT SYSTEMS; REDUCTION TARGETS; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; TRADABLE DISCHARGE PERMITS; WATER QUALITY TRADING;

CATCHMENTS; EUTROPHICATION; LEACHING; WATER QUALITY;

CROPS;

CATCHMENT; CULTIVATION; DISCHARGE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EUTROPHICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRICE DYNAMICS; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; SWEDEN;

EID: 84856489609     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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