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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Bekken, Michael;
Mitchell, Paul;
Soldat, Douglas J. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Bekken: Presenting Author and University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mitchell and Soldat: University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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| Title: | An eco-efficiency model for golf |
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| Section: | Golf turf management oral: cultural practices, physiology, and water (includes student competition)
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| Meeting Info.: | Baltimore, Maryland: November 6-9, 2022 |
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| Source: | ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting. 2022, p. 141521. |
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| Publishing Information: | [Madison, Wisconsin]: [American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America] |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "This study develops a framework for quantifying the eco-efficiency of a golf course. Eco-efficiency is the ratio of economic outputs to environmental inputs. On a golf course, environmental inputs are water, energy, fertilizer, and pesticides, but economic output cannot be measured by traditional means of agricultural yield. We hypothesize that, because efficiencies are tied to yield, the yield of a golf course is best defined as the profit made by a course or by the number of rounds hosted by a course. Which of these two yields is most important to a particular golf course likely depends upon the type of golf course (e.g., public, private, or a resort). The ratio of rounds of golf played to water, energy, fertilizer, and pesticide use is referred to a social eco-efficiency, and the ratio of profit generated to water, energy, fertilizer, and pesticide use is referred to as economic eco-efficiency. Mean social eco-efficiency of the 28 golf courses in the study was 207 rounds per kg CO2e ha-1 emitted, 228 rounds per mm of irrigation water applied, 1157 rounds per kg N ha-1, and 245 rounds per HQ ha-1 (where HQ is hazard quotient score quantifying pesticide risk). Mean economic eco-efficiency of the 28 golf courses in the study was $425 per kg CO2e ha-1 emitted, $566 per mm of irrigation water applied, $2489 per kg N ha-1, and $360 per HQ ha-1. Social and economic eco-efficiency scores within each resource use category were then weighted equally to generate a social and economic eco-efficiency index. Mean social and economic eco-efficiency indices were higher on golf courses in Europe than golf courses in the US. Public golf courses had higher mean social eco-efficiency indices than private golf courses, and resort courses had the highest mean economic eco-efficiency indices." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | "44-3"
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Bekken, M., P. Mitchell, and D. J. Soldat. 2022. An eco-efficiency model for golf. Agron. Abr. p. 141521. |
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