Definition and application of ecological criteria and economic indicators for the impact study and cost determination of various types of pollution in the North Sea

Persons :

• Prof. dr.  PERSOONE Guido - Universiteit Gent (UGent)
  Financed belgian partner
  Duration: 1/10/1992-30/9/1995
  

Description :

The project is designed to :

- develop economic and ecological criteria which can be applied to determine the costs of various kinds of marine pollution;

- develop mathematical equations which can be applied in economic submodels for the cost determination of environmental impacts.

Four cases of marine pollution are considered :

- discharge of dangerous chemical substances (black list);
- oil dumping;
- increasing concentration of faecal/pathogenic bacteria as a result of the direct discharges of waste water into coastal waters;
- eutrophication with resultant algal growth.