Bio-economic strategy to combat non-point pollution in China

Abstract

While non-point pollution from agriculture has become an increasingly serious problem in China, some progress has been made in studying the causal biophysical processes. However, few studies have assessed the economic consequences of non-point pollution in China or the policy options that could be employed to combat it. In this work a sustainable strategy to control non-point pollution from crop production, which involved taxing excessive inputs of irrigation water and fertilizer was proposed. The approach taken to assess these measures combined biophysical and economic models, having a trade-off between economic returns and an improved environment. A proven and practical spatially reference..