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Gerald Schwarz

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Nutrient mitigation under the impact of climate and land-use changes: A hydro-economic approach to participatory catchment management

2020

Abstract Excessive nutrient loadings into rivers are a well-known ecological problem. Implemented mitigation measures should ideally be cost-effective, but perfectly ranking alternative nutrient mitigation measures according to cost-effectiveness is a difficult methodological challenge. Furthermore, a particularly practical challenge is that cost-effective measures are not necessarily favoured by local stakeholders, and this may impede their successful implementation in practice. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of mitigation measures using a methodology that includes a participatory process and social learning to ensure their successful implementation. By …

Environmental EngineeringCost effectivenessClimateClimate ChangeHydrological modelling0208 environmental biotechnologyWetlandContext (language use)Contour plowing02 engineering and technology010501 environmental sciencesManagement Monitoring Policy and Law01 natural sciencesRiversWaste Management and DisposalEnvironmental planning0105 earth and related environmental sciencesCost databaseSwedengeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryLand useNutrientsGeneral MedicineSocial learning020801 environmental engineeringEnvironmental scienceJournal of Environmental Management
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Enabling policy innovations promoting multiple ecosystem benefits: lessons learnt from case studies in the Baltic Sea Region

2019

Abstract This paper analyses how specific institutional barriers and drivers affect the success of agri-environmental governance and policy innovations in four case study catchments in Germany, Latvia, Poland and Sweden. Possible adaptations of institutional settings are explored, aiming at increased effectiveness of policies and governance in delivering multiple ecosystem benefits along with reduced nutrient emissions and flood management. Factors of success synthesized from existing examples of innovative policy instruments in the EU and further afield are used to identify barriers and opportunities for the implementation of policy innovations in different institutional settings across th…

0106 biological sciencesCivil societyFlood mythCorporate governanceGeography Planning and Development0211 other engineering and technologiesStakeholder021107 urban & regional planningCitizen journalism02 engineering and technologyManagement Monitoring Policy and LawPrivate sector01 natural sciences010601 ecologyIntermediaryIncentiveBusinessEnvironmental planningWater Science and TechnologyWater Policy
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