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A Dynamic Programming Approach to a Class of Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Problems

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  • Aziz Bouzaher

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, Ecole National Polytechnique, Algiers, Algeria)

  • John B. Braden

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801)

  • Gary V. Johnson

    (Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06268)

Abstract

This paper presents a new approach to modeling, analyzing, and solving a class of environmental control problems dealing with sediment deposition. An efficient dynamic programming algorithm is designed to handle the spatial characteristics of soil movement through a watershed, and its ultimate impact on water channels and/or reservoirs. The model generates "sediment abatement cost frontiers" which summarize the trade-off information needed for watershed planning and management. This information can also be used to identify and target special-problem areas. The paper presents both results on the efficiency of the DP algorithm compared to other methods, and results on the application of the model to real world cases.

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  • Aziz Bouzaher & John B. Braden & Gary V. Johnson, 1990. "A Dynamic Programming Approach to a Class of Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Problems," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 36(1), pages 1-15, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:36:y:1990:i:1:p:1-15
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.36.1.1
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    1. Kozloff, Keith, 1990. "An Evaluation Of Options For Micro-Targeting Acquisition Of Cropping Rights To Reduce Nonpoint Source Water Pollution," Staff Papers 13610, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
    2. Bouzaher, Aziz & Shogren, Jason F. & Holtkamp, Derald & Gassman, Philip & Archer, David & Lakshminarayan, P. & Carriquiry, Alicia & Reese, Randall & Furtan, William H. & Izaurralde, R. Cèsar & Kiniry,, 1994. "Agricultural Policies and Soil Degradation in Western Canada: An Agro-Ecological Economic Assessment (Report 3: The Integration of the Environmental and Economic Components)," Technical Reports 243854, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
    3. Bouzaher, Aziz & Shogren, Jason F. & Holtkamp, Derald & Gassman, Philip & Archer, David & Lakshminarayan, P. & Carriquiry, Alicia & Reese, Randall & Kakani, Dharmaraju & Furtan, William H. & Izaurrald, 1995. "Agricultural Policies and Soil Degradation in Western Canada: An Agro-Ecological Economic Assessment (Report 5: Project Summary)," Technical Reports 243858, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
    4. Athanasios Kampas & Ben White, 2004. "Administrative Costs and Instrument Choice for Stochastic Non-point Source Pollutants," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 27(2), pages 109-133, February.
    5. Zehua Yang & Victoria C. P. Chen & Michael E. Chang & Melanie L. Sattler & Aihong Wen, 2009. "A Decision-Making Framework for Ozone Pollution Control," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 57(2), pages 484-498, April.
    6. Westra, John V., 1999. "Agricultural Phosphorus Nonpoint Source Pollution In The Minnesota River," 1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN 21490, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    7. Bloemhof-Ruwaard, Jacqueline M. & van Beek, Paul & Hordijk, Leen & Van Wassenhove, Luk N., 1995. "Interactions between operational research and environmental management," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 85(2), pages 229-243, September.
    8. Anastasia Lintner & Alfons Weersink, 1999. "Endogenous Transport Coefficients: Implications for Improving Water Quality from Multi-Contaminants in an Agricultural Watershed," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 14(2), pages 269-296, September.
    9. Sun, Shanxia & Delgado, Michael S. & Sesmero, Juan, 2014. "Agricultural practices adjustments to policies aiming to decrease water pollution from agriculture," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota 170645, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    10. John B. Braden & Robert S. Larson & Edwin E. Herricks, 1991. "Impact Targets versus Discharge Standards in Agricultural Pollution Management," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 73(2), pages 388-397.
    11. Liu, Qian & Zheng, Lucy, 2016. "Assessing the economic performance of an environmental sustainable supply chain in reducing environmental externalitiesAuthor-Name: Ding, Huiping," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 255(2), pages 463-480.

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