Can the best management practices resist the combined effects of climate and land-use changes on non-point source pollution control?

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 946; p. 174260
• Main Authors: Du, Bailin, Wu, Lei, Ruan, Bingnan, Xu, Liujia, Liu, Shuai, Guo, Zongjun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 10.10.2024
• Subjects: agricultural land; Best management practices; climate; Climate change; environment; fertilizers; land use; Land-use change; Non-point source pollution; nonpoint source pollution; pollution control; rivers; Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; spatial variation; total nitrogen; total phosphorus; vegetated waterways; watershed management; watersheds; Climate change; Non-point source pollution; Land-use change; Best management practices

Climate and land-use changes have an overlying impact on non-point source (NPS) pollution in river basins. However, the control effect of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for NPS pollution is not yet clear under future scenarios. The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was coupled with the e...