Synergies and trade-offs in spatially targeted water quality and climate change mitigation policies

TY - JOUR

T1 - Synergies and trade-offs in spatially targeted water quality and climate change mitigation policies

AU - Konrad, Maria Theresia

AU - Andersen, Hans Estrup

AU - Gyldenkaerne, Steen

AU - Termansen, Mette

PY - 2017/5/1

Y1 - 2017/5/1

N2 - Climate and water quality are important ecosystem services; but improving these impacts the provisioning service of food production. Using spatially explicit data from a Danish catchment, we uncover the trade-offs and synergies between efficient provision of the three services by multiobjective optimization. Results show that trade-offs exist between the regulating and provisioning services. Furthermore, synergies between the regulating services are significant; however, the cost of provision of one service depends on the level of provision of the other. The policy implication of this result is that significant gains can be achieved from joint implementation of ecosystem service policies.

AB - Climate and water quality are important ecosystem services; but improving these impacts the provisioning service of food production. Using spatially explicit data from a Danish catchment, we uncover the trade-offs and synergies between efficient provision of the three services by multiobjective optimization. Results show that trade-offs exist between the regulating and provisioning services. Furthermore, synergies between the regulating services are significant; however, the cost of provision of one service depends on the level of provision of the other. The policy implication of this result is that significant gains can be achieved from joint implementation of ecosystem service policies.

KW - LAND-USE CHANGE, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, BASIC DENSITY, UNITED-STATES, COST, IMPLEMENTATION, CONSERVATION, LANDSCAPE, DENMARK

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0023-7639

VL - 93

SP - 309

EP - 327

JO - Land Economics

JF - Land Economics

IS - 2

ER -