An Integrated Modelling Approach to Design Cost-Effective AES for Agricultural Soil Erosion and Water Pollution: An Application of a Real Watershed in China - Softcover

Hao, Zhengzheng

 
9783658413392: An Integrated Modelling Approach to Design Cost-Effective AES for Agricultural Soil Erosion and Water Pollution: An Application of a Real Watershed in China
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3658413395 ISBN 13: 9783658413392
Publisher: Springer Spektrum, 2023

Synopsis

Agri-environment schemes (AES) is frequently adopted for tricky environmental issues. One key concern for AES design is to optimize the cost-effectiveness. For issues of cost-effective prevention of agricultural soil erosion and non-point source water pollution, although models that assess both environmental effects and economic costs of land use measures have been developed, they typically adopt a planning perspective instead of designing AES with the role of farmers being considered. This book presents a spatially explicit novel integrated modelling approach that addresses the shortcoming by combining several components. The relevance of the modelling approach is demonstrated in this book by applying it to the Baishahe watershed in Shanxi province in China. The results show that the modelling approach is robust to design cost-effective AES, i.e. under given budget the maximum environmental effect in the study region could be attained with a set of designed payments for measures in AES. The developed modelling approach is generic and powerful for application in all kinds of agricultural watersheds with various sizes.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

About the author 
Dr. Zhengzheng Hao has been working in the field of environmental economics, with interest in topics of agri-environmental schemes, payment for ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation, climate change, etc.

From the Back Cover

Agri-environment schemes (AES) is frequently adopted for tricky environmental issues. One key concern for AES design is to optimize the cost-effectiveness. For issues of cost-effective prevention of agricultural soil erosion and non-point source water pollution, although models that assess both environmental effects and economic costs of land use measures have been developed, they typically adopt a planning perspective instead of designing AES with the role of farmers being considered. This book presents a spatially explicit novel integrated modelling approach that addresses the shortcoming by combining several components. The relevance of the modelling approach is demonstrated in this book by applying it to the Baishahe watershed in Shanxi province in China. The results show that the modelling approach is robust to design cost-effective AES, i.e. under given budget the maximum environmental effect in the study region could be attained with a set of designed payments for measures in AES. The developed modelling approach is generic and powerful for application in all kinds of agricultural watersheds with various sizes.


About the author 
Dr. Zhengzheng Hao has been working in the field of environmental economics, with interest in topics of agri-environmental schemes, payment for ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation, climate change, etc.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Springer Spektrum
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3658413395
ISBN 13 
9783658413392
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
234

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9783658413415: An Integrated Modelling Approach to Design Cost-Effective AES for Agricultural Soil Erosion and Water Pollution: An Application of a Real Watershed in China

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  3658413417 ISBN 13:  9783658413415
Publisher: Springer Spektrum, 2023
Softcover