Water quality and agriculture : meeting the policy challenge

• Pubblicazione: Paris : , : OECD Publishing, , [2012]; ©2012
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (158 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Water quality; Water quality - Government policy; Water quality management; Agricultural pollution; Agricultural pollution - Government policy; Agriculture - Environmental aspects; Water quality management - Government policy
• Soggetto geografico: OECD countries
• Note generali: OECD-code: 51 2012 04 1 P.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Foreword""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Key Messages""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Chapter 1: Linking policies, farm management and water quality""; ""1.1 The challenge""; ""1.2 The Polluter-Pays-Principle""; ""1.3 The policy mix and interactions affecting water quality in agriculture""; ""1.4 Farm management practices and hydrological properties and processes""; ""1.5 Challenges in the interaction between farm management practices and water quality""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 2: Agriculture and water quality: Sources, trends, outlook and monitoring"" ; ""2.1 Sources of water pollution from agriculture""""2.2 The contribution of agriculture as a source of water pollution""; ""2.3 Overall trends of the impacts of agriculture on water quality""; ""2.4 Medium-term outlook and implications of climate change""; ""2.5 Issues related to monitoring water quality in agriculture important for policy makers""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 3: Monetary costs and benefits of agricultureâ€?s impact on water systems""; ""3.1 Key components in measuring the costs and benefits of agriculture on water quality"" ; ""3.2 Information needs to provide monetary cost and benefit estimates""""3.3 A survey of OECD countriesâ€? impact estimates""; ""3.4 Further research""; ""Note""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 4: OECD policy instruments and mixes addressing water quality issues in agriculture""; ""4.1 Economic instruments""; ""4.2 Environmental regulations""; ""4.3 Information instruments and other persuasive approaches to address water pollution""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 5: OECD policy experiences in addressing water quality issues in agriculture"" ; ""5.1 Addressing nitrate water pollution from agriculture in the European Union""""5.2 Lowering pollution of the Chesapeake Bay, United States: The role of agriculture""; ""5.3 Reducing salinity in agriculture to improve water quality: The case of Australia""; ""5.4 Implementing water quality trading for nitrogen pollution in Lake Taupo, New Zealand""; ""5.5 Improving research on diffuse source water pollution: France and the United Kingdom""; ""5.6 Reforming governance to address social concerns with water quality in New Zealand"" ; ""5.7 Addressing transborder pollution: The Baltic Sea, eutrophication and agriculture""""5.8 Establishing co-operative agreements to address diffuse source pollution""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 6: Moving towards sustainable water quality management in agriculture""; ""6.1 Policy challenges""; ""6.2 Policy responses""; ""6.3 Policy reforms""; ""6.4 Policy governance and institutions""; ""Note""; ""Bibliography""
• Titolo autorizzato: Water quality and agriculture
• ISBN: 1-78040-602-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826820103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: OECD studies on water.