We examine policy instruments for ambient water quality protection. One objective is to
illustrate the unique and complex informational challenges that must be addressed in …

Policy analysts and government agencies promote a particular form of what they term water
quality trading as a means to address the most vexing obstacle to meeting water quality …

This paper seeks to assess the current status of water quality trading and to identify possible
problems and solutions. Water pollution permit trading programs have rarely been …

Water-quality trading is an area of active development in environmental markets. Unlike
iconic national-scale air-emission trading programs, water-quality trading programs address …

Nutrient pollution is one of the most important problems facing aquatic systems globally. The
problem qualifies as a wicked one, involving multiple pollutants from multiple sources …

Drawing on historical and contemporary evidence, this book argues that growing
environmental degradation and wealth inequality are linked to how nature is exploited to …

The green economy in North America is at a critical crossroads. Will it foster a new wave of
economy-wide innovation, employment, and green growth, or will green sectors remain a …

An integrated hydro-economic agricultural land use model was developed with endogenous
and spatially explicit crop planting, nitrogen (N) fertilizer use and irrigation in the Mississippi …

Water quality trading is being widely explored and, as we show, increasingly implemented
as a means of providing flexibility and lowering the costs of meeting water quality goals. A …

Implementation of effective policy instruments to reduce emissions from non-point
agricultural sources has been challenging. Mussel farming has the potential to mitigate …