Год выпуска: 2012 Автор: Bibek Singh Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 128 ISBN: 9783848480081
Описание
The economic costs of reducing nutrient loadings are often not taken into account during development. In this study, sector targeting is used to minimize the total cost of nutrient reduction by targeting sectors with lower costs per unit of pollution reduction. This study focuses on targeting nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loading reductions from three sectors: agricultural, point source, and urban non-point source, in the North Fork watershed. Linear programming optimization models were created to determine an optimal solution that minimized total compliance cost to implement Best Management Practices subject to targeted loading reductions in N and P in the watershed. The optimal solution for each sector using uniform allocation and sector targeting were compared for N and P loading reductions separately and N and P reductions simultaneously.The difference between sector targeting and uniform allocation showed the sector targeting was the more cost effective approach to achieve the...
