Investigating trade-offs between water quality and agricultural productivity using the Land Utilisation and Capability Indicator (LUCI)–A New Zealand application

Martha I. Trodahl, Bethanna M. Jackson, Julie R. Deslippe and Alister K. Metherell

Ecosystem Services, 2017, vol. 26, issue PB, 388-399

Abstract: Concern for the impacts of rural land-use intensification on ecosystem services is growing world-wide, especially with regard to water quality management. The Land Utilisation & Capability Indicator (LUCI) is a GIS framework that considers impacts of land use on multiple ecosystem services in a holistic and spatially explicit manner. Due to its fine spatial scale and focus on the rural environment, LUCI is well-placed to help both farm and catchment managers to explore and quantify spatially explicit solutions to improve water quality while also maintaining or enhancing other ecosystem service outcomes.

Keywords: Land utilisation & capability indicator; Water quality; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Agricultural productivity; Trade-offs and synergies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.10.013

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