The effect of EU derogation strategies on the compliance costs of the nitrate directive

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 421-422, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-101

  Van der Straeten, Bart ^a   Buysse, Jeroen ^a   Nolte, Stephan ^a   Lauwers, Ludwig ^a,b   Claeys, Dakerlia ^b   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Derogation; Environmental policy; Flanders; MP MAS; Nitrate directive

Indexed keywords

DEROGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FLANDERS; MP-MAS; NITRATE DIRECTIVE;

MANURES; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

NITRATE;

COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; NITRATE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEROGATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND USE; MANURE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOIL FERTILIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FERTILIZERS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MANURE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NITRATES; PUBLIC POLICY;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84858279411     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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