Assessing the value of information for water quality management: A watershed perspective from China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3023-3035

  Wu, Bin ^a   Zheng, Yi ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

China; Eutrophication; Nonpoint source; Probability constrained optimization; Uncertainty; Value of information; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

CHINA; NON-POINT SOURCE; UNCERTAINTY; VALUE OF INFORMATION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHINA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LAKE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHICATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EUTROPHICATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNCERTAINTY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876315583     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2769-8     Document Type: Article

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