Coupled Modeling of Economic - Hydrological Systems
Auteur : Hongxing Liu (Ph. D. in agricultural economics)
Date de publication : 2017
Éditeur : Ohio State University
Nombre de pages : 127
Résumé du livre
Water quality within a watershed is strongly linked to human behavior. Economic agents directly and indirectly impact the quality of water resources through land use and land management decisions--often with unintended consequences. Understanding dynamic feedbacks between economic decisions and water resources is essential for long-term policies that balance agricultural management and ecosystem services. In this dissertation, we examine three policy-related questions: 1) What is the impact of water quality change in the Hoover Reservoir, Ohio? 2) Are there welfare gains from targeted policies in a heterogeneous landscape? 3) How do farmers' agricultural decisions respond to policy incentives and how does that affect water quality?