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DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.11.004 |
Transferability of Policies to Control Agricultural Nonpoint Pollution in Relatively Similar Catchments | |
Aftab, Ashar1; Hanley, Nick2; Baiocchi, Giovanni3 | |
2017-04-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS |
ISSN | 0921-8009 |
EISSN | 1873-6106 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 134页码:43790 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England; Scotland; USA |
英文摘要 | The EU's WFD requires cost-effective compliance with good ecological and chemical status across EU surface waters. Previous studies have modelled single catchments or been limited by their realism when investigating multiple catchments. We investigate whether the cost-effectiveness ranking of policy instruments to control agricultural nonpoint nitrate pollution (NP) is consistent across two relatively similar catchments. Transferability may interest regulators seeking to identify policies implementable in relatively similar catchments, rather than setting high transaction cost catchment specific policies. Detailed nonlinear stochastic biophysical economic optimisation models of two catchments are constructed. We estimate the distribution of daily river pollution for 10 years in each catchment without assuming an underlying pollutant distribution that is likely to distort policy ranking. We report consistency of policy rankings and outperformance in distinct regulatory target ranges in both catchments as well as pollution swapping. The transferability evidence may not be as robust as policymakers would like. Mixed instruments are cost-effective at higher regulatory targets and display characteristics suited to uniform application across catchments. Our study would benefit from improved modelling of farming heterogeneity, groundwater hydrology and policy transaction costs. Further research is required to identify catchment characteristics that determine transferability across a broader set of catchments. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000395219300002 |
WOS关键词 | WATER-POLLUTION ; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS ; NITRATE POLLUTION ; RIVER-BASIN ; MANAGEMENT ; PHOSPHORUS ; EFFICIENCY ; RAINFALL ; TARGETS ; COSTS |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Economics ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Business & Economics |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/15690 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Durham Business Sch, Mill Hill Lane, Durham DH1 3LB, England; 2.Sch Geog & Geosci Sustainable Dev, Irvine Bldg, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland; 3.Univ Maryland, Dept Geog Sci, Samuel J LeFrak Hall,7251 Preinkert Dr, College Pk, MD 20742 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Aftab, Ashar,Hanley, Nick,Baiocchi, Giovanni. Transferability of Policies to Control Agricultural Nonpoint Pollution in Relatively Similar Catchments[J]. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,2017,134:43790. |
APA | Aftab, Ashar,Hanley, Nick,&Baiocchi, Giovanni.(2017).Transferability of Policies to Control Agricultural Nonpoint Pollution in Relatively Similar Catchments.ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,134,43790. |
MLA | Aftab, Ashar,et al."Transferability of Policies to Control Agricultural Nonpoint Pollution in Relatively Similar Catchments".ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 134(2017):43790. |
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