Lay discourses of the rural and stated and revealed preferences for rural living. Some evidence of the existence of a rural idyll in the Netherlands
Dutch rural areas have changed into a post-modern countryside and have become marketable commodities. The demand for rural space and rural amenities has increased, with concomitant tensions on the…
Emissions of N2O and NO from fertilized fields: summary of available measurement data
In this paper, information from 846 N 2 O emission measurements in agricultural fields and 99 measurements for NO emissions was used to describe the influence of various factors regulating emissions…
International Carbon Accounting of Harvested Wood Products: Evaluation of two models for the quantification of wood products related emissions and removals
At the moment three alternative approaches for estimating emissions and removals of CO 2 from forest harvesting and wood products are under discussion. These are atmospheric flow approach, stock…
Modelling emissions trading and abatement costs in FAIR 1.1 - Case study: the Kyoto Protocol under the Bonn-Marrakesh Agreement
This report describes the cost model of the FAIR 1.1 model (Framework to Assess International Regimes for differentiation of future commitments). The cost model has been used in our earlier analysis…
Effects of variants of target surpluses on the quality of surface water in the Netherlands
This study explores the effects of a number of variants for target N and P surpluses on the ecological state (eutrophication) of surface waters for the purpose of informing policy-makers.
Emissions of plant protection products to the environment. Evaluation of the policy goals of the Long-term Crop Protection Plan
The long-term crop protection programme (MJP-G) of the Netherlands aimed for the period 1990 - 2000 a.o. at 50 to 90 % reduction of emissions of plant protection products to the environment. The…
Environmental Balance 2002 describes trends in the environment in the Netherlands and the effectiveness of the policies pursued. It also evaluates the degree to which the stated goals of environmental…
Towards an equitable global climate change regime: compatibility with Article 2 of the Climate Change Convention and the link with sustainable development.We present some evidence that shifting the…
Input variables for manure and ammonia data in the Environmental Balance 2001 and 2002 including dataset agricultural emissions 1980-2001
This report presents the input variables for the calculated manure and ammonia data in the annual issued Environmental Balance. The applied Manure model is developed by the Agricultural Economics…
Global Patterns of Dissolved Inorganic and Particulate Nitrogen Inputs to Coastal Systems
The model results indicate the widely uneven geographic distribution of human activities and rates of nitrogen input to coastal systems at the watershed, latitudinal, and regional-continental scales…
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