Water Pollution - Economics Aspects and Research Needs

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1: An Economic Framework; 1. Introduction 2. Water Pollution – Nature, Effects, Treatment, Alternatives to Treatment 3. Economic Efficiency, Social Policy and the Pollution Policy 4. Evaluation – Determination and Integration of Individual and Social Values – Focus of Public Policy; Part 2: Research Needs; 5. The Effect of Wastes on Receiving Water –Some Computational and Scientific Problems 6. Deficiencies in Technical and Economic Knowledge – Damages, Treatment, and Abatement Costs 7. Problems in Devising Procedures for Approximating Optimum Systems 8. Summary of Part 1 and a Brief Review of Selected Research Needs

About the author

Allen V. Kneese

Product details

• Authors: Allen V. Kneese, Kneese Allen V.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2015
• EAN: 9781138935655
• ISBN: 978-1-138-93565-5
• No. of pages: 108
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; NATURE / Ecology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, Environmental factors, environmental science, engineering & technology, Pollution and threats to the environment, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Environmental policy and protocols