Global Approaches to Address the Nitrogen Issue
Expected Effects on Groundwater Nitrate Pollution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21349038 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kentaro Hayashi (0000-0002-2936-9544, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 132 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 75-91 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-135X • E-ISSN: 1884-0884 |
| Publisher | Tokyo Geographical Society (PUBLISHER • JP) |
| DOI | 10.5026/jgeography.132.75 |
| OpenAlex | W4376612200 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 57 |
Nitrogen (N) provides great benefits as a fertilizer for food production and as a material for industrial production. However, its use simultaneously induces N pollution, which threatens the health of human beings and ecosystems due to low N use efficiency in the anthroposphere. This is the N issue—a tradeoff between large benefits and threats. It is our responsibility to have future generations inherit sustainable N use by resolving the N issue. Groundwater nitrate pollution is a form of N pollution that should be addressed to prevent harm to human and animal health through drinking water and aquatic ecosystems through excess eutrophication. Links between groundwater nitrate pollution in N cycling and the N issue are reviewed to provide information for international and domestic actors to address the N issue, and to indicate groundwater nitrate pollution research needed to comprehensively address the N issue. Concretely, global and local N cycling and links with groundwater N processes are overviewed. The status of the N issue is summarized and a comprehensive framework to grasp the entire issue is introduced, i.e., the driver–pressure–state–impact–response (DPSIR) framework. Programs and projects tackling the N issue in Japan and around the world are summarized. Research required on groundwater nitrate pollution that contributes to resolving the N issue is discussed, and future expectations are indicated
Business · DPSIR · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Eutrophication · Groundwater · Groundwater Pollution · Harm · Natural resource economics · Nitrate · Nutrient pollution · Political science · Production (economics) · Water resource management · Ecology · Engineering · Environmental Science · Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry · Pollution · Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics · Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
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Year Trends in Nitrogen Use Efficiency of World Cropping Systems
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Reactive Nitrogen
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |