Acid rain in Europe : counting the cost
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Acid rain in Europe : counting the cost
Earthscan, 1997
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Includes bibliograpical references (p. [167]-180) and index
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Description
The environmental impacts of acid rain: on human health, on buildings and materials, on forests, freshwaters, crops and biodiversity and on global warming have been well-documented. Less is known about the extent and economic costs of these impacts. This book describes the first major implementation of an integrated scientific and economic assessment of the consequences of acid rain. It provides an extensive data review and examines how this unique approach to assessment modelling can be can be used to calculate an acidification cost per unit of pollutant in monetary terms. Part One focuses on the methodological issues of scientific measurement of acidification, dose-response relationships and economic approaches to acidification control. Part Two looks at the environmental impacts and economic consequences of acidification. Affected environmental media and human health are investigated in separate chapters, each including both scientific and economic analyses. Part Three provides a summary of the findings and makes recommendations for further application of these types of results to policy actions.
Table of Contents
1. Background to the Acid Rain Problem 2. The Scientific Assessment of Acidification 3. Dose-Response Relationships for Acidifying Species 4. The Economic Approach to Acidification Control 5. Forests The Nature of Acid Damage Dose-Response Functions 6. Freshwaters Acidification of Lakes and Rivers 7. Ecosystem Damage and the Effects on Biodiversity 8. Crops Dose-Response Functions Receptor 9. Buildings and Materials Nature of Impacts 10. Health Nature of Impact 11. Visibility Physical Impacts 12. Global Warming and Acid Rain 13. Damage from NO2 Emissions: Counting the Costs in Europe 14. Summary and Conclusions
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