Nutrient emission models in environmental policy evaluation at different scales - Experience from the Netherlands

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 291-306

  Wolf, J ^a   Rotter R ^a   Oenema, O ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Groundwater; Model comparison; Netherlands; Nitrogen; Nutrient emission; Phosphorus; Policy measures; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NUTRIENT BUDGET;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 9644290898     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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