Modelling the cost-effectiveness of mitigation methods for multiple pollutants at farm scale

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 1198-1209

  Gooday, R D ^a   Anthony, S G ^a   Chadwick, D R ^b   Newell Price, P ^a   Harris, D ^a   Duethmann, D ^a,c   Fish, R ^d   Collins, A L ^a   Winter, M ^d  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffuse pollution; Farmscoper; Mitigation methods; Modelling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; FARMSCOPER; FIELD EXPERIMENTATION; MITIGATION METHODS; SYNTHESIS OF THE EVIDENCES;

AGRICULTURE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MODELS; POLLUTION CONTROL; TOOLS;

WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FARMING SYSTEM; GENETIC ALGORITHM; POLLUTION CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXPERIMENTATION; FARMING SYSTEM; GENETIC ALGORITHM; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT MITIGATION METHOD; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKSHOP;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

DIFFUSE POLLUTION; FARMSCOPER; MITIGATION METHODS; MODELLING;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECOLOGICAL PARAMETER MONITORING; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MANURE; UNCERTAINTY; WALES;

EID: 84889575114     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.078     Document Type: Article

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