ECECMOD: an interdisciplinary modelling system for analyzing nutrient and soil losses from agriculture

This article discusses a set of principles for policy analysis of environmental problems. The main focus is on integrating economic and ecological analyses through a mathematical modelling framework. The paper starts by developing a general model for the study of environmental issues. Principles for...

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Published in:Ecological economics 1999-08, Vol.30 (2), p.189-206
Main Authors: Vatn, Arild, Bakken, Lars, Botterweg, Peter, Romstad, Eirik
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural development
Agricultural economics
Eco-eco modelling
Economic models
Environmental regulations
Erosion
Interdisciplinary research
Nitrogen
Soil management
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Summary:This article discusses a set of principles for policy analysis of environmental problems. The main focus is on integrating economic and ecological analyses through a mathematical modelling framework. The paper starts by developing a general model for the study of environmental issues. Principles for operationalizing the model are discussed, and ECECMOD (a new modelling system constructed to analyze pollution from agricultural systems on the basis of these principles) is introduced. Some of the results obtained by ECECMOD are presented to facilitate a discussion about the gains to be obtained by this kind of analysis. The study shows that it is of great importance to combine economic and ecological analyses at a fairly high level of resolution when studying environmental effects of complex systems.
ISSN:0921-8009
1873-6106
DOI:10.1016/S0921-8009(98)00116-5