ISBN:
9781781951163
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 222 p)
,
ill., maps
Series Statement:
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Parallel Title:
Available in another form
Parallel Title:
Elektronische Reproduktion von Managing pollution
DDC:
363.73/7
Keywords:
Umweltbelastung
;
Bewertung
;
Umweltpolitik
;
Welt
;
Gefahrstoff
;
Pollution Case studies Economic aspects
;
Pollution Case studies Government policy
;
Electronic books
;
Fallstudiensammlung
;
Umweltverschmutzung
;
Umwelttoxikologie
;
Umweltschutzkosten
;
Umweltpolitik
Abstract:
Economists are concerned by a wide range of environmental impacts from pollutants, as they affect human welfare and not just human health. This insightful book demonstrates how economic analysis can contribute to decision making in environmental policy and discusses the theoretical limitations of economic valuation
Abstract:
1. Evaluating the impacts of pollution : an introduction and overview -- 2. Environmental toxicology and health risk assessment in the United States : economic and policy issues -- 3. Calculating morbidity benefits from reducing air pollution : a Spanish case study -- 4. Air pollution and agricultural crop damage : can Europe learn from the United States? -- 5. Monetary valuation of the toxic impacts due to acidic deposition in Scotland -- 6. Linking physical and economic indicators of environmental damages : acidic deposition in Norway -- 7. Prioritizing toxic chemical clean-up in Hungary using monetary valuation -- 8. Combining life cycle assessment and multicriteria evaluation : comparing waste management options in Spain -- 9. Cost-effectiveness analysis for nitrate pollution control in the European Union -- 10. Pesticide policy design and decision-making in the United Kingdom : information, indicators and incentives
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.4337/9781781951163
URL:
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