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Managing Pesticide Risks for Non-Target Ecosystems with Pesticide Risk Indicators: a Multicriteria Approach

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Chiara Maria Travisi () (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, University of Milano, Milan, Italy)
Peter Nijkamp () (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Marco Vighi () (University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy)
Paolo Giacomelli () (University of Milano, Italy)

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Abstract

In the search for effective pesticide risk management tools, the design of pesticide risk indicators is nowadays receiving increasing attention as a complement to more established regulatory strategies. In the present paper, we apply some recently developed pesticide risk indices and test their potential for management purposes. A pilot approach is proposed, which explores pesticide worst-case hazard scenarios at different space-time scales by means of a set of 5 ecotoxicological risk indices. The results are then interpreted from the perspective of a decision support method using the so-called Critical Threshold Value approach. Our risk analysis is then enriched within a multicriteria framework which integrates environmental, agronomic and economic objectives.

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Paper provided by Tinbergen Institute in its series Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers with number 04-009/3.

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Keywords: pesticides; hazard and risk assessment; risk indices; decision support tools; multicriteria analysis;

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Q16 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - R&D; Agricultural Technology; Agricultural Extension Services
Q24 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Land
Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water
R38 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - Production Analysis and Firm Location - - - Government Policies; Regulatory Policies
H8 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues

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  1. Amit Batabyal & Peter Nijkamp, 2005. "Alternate Strategies for Managing Resistance to Antibiotics and Pesticides," ERSA conference papers ersa05p161, European Regional Science Association. [Downloadable!]
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