Integrating economic drivers of social change into agricultural water quality improvement strategies

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 180, Issue , 2013, Pages 166-175

  Van Grieken, Martijn E ^a   Thomas, Colette R ^a   Roebeling, Peter C ^b   Thorburn, Peter J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agricultural land use; Diffuse source pollution; Great Barrier Reef; Social costs; Sugarcane industry; Trade offs; Water quality improvement

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVESTMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; PRIORITIZATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; TRADE-OFF; WATER QUALITY;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER ISLAND; GREAT BARRIER REEF; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84889597341     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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