Environmental Challenges in the Baltic Region
A Perspective from Economics
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About This Book
This book explores environmental challenges in the Baltic region from an economic perspective. Featuring contributions from regional experts from Nordic, Baltic and Eastern European countries it addresses the response to eutrophication caused by increased loads of nutrients to the sea from agriculture, wastewater, industry and traffic, and cost-effective solutions to reach theBaltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP)targets, set up through the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM).Contributions also explore the environmental impacts of rural landscape change during the post-communist period in the Baltic Sea region and a review of the ex-post evaluations of the costs and benefits generated by Baltic Sea nutrient abatement policies. Public policies towards marine protection, wind power establishment, and attitudes to paying for environmental protection, environmental resilience and the international cooperation in the Baltic region are also discussed.
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Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- 1 Environmental Challenges in the Baltic Region: An Introduction
- 2 Towards a Sustainable Food System in the Baltic Sea Region
- 3 Costs of Nutrient Management with Technological Development and Climate Change
- 4 Optimal Strategies for Inland and Coastal Water Monitoring
- 5 Public Policies Towards Marine Protection: Benchmarking Estonia to Finland and Sweden
- 6 Factors Affecting Choice of Travel Mode in Tallinn
- 7 Environmental Impacts of Rural Landscape Change During the Post-Communist Period in the Baltic Sea Region
- 8 An Analysis of Permission Processes for Wind Power in Sweden
- 9 Attitudes Towards Paying for Environmental Protection in the Baltic Sea Region
- 10 Is International Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Drainage Basin Possible?
- Index