Environmental quality analysis : theory & method in the social sciences

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Environmental quality analysis : theory & method in the social sciences

Allen V. Kneese and Blair T. Bower

(Resources for the Future library collection, . Environmental and resource economics ; v. 4)

RFF, 2011

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Environmental quality analysis : theory and method in the social sciences

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"First published in 1972 by the Johns Hopkins University Press for Resources for the Future" -- T.p. verso

Set ISBN for "Environmental resource and economics": 9781617260032

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Description

This book brings together state-of-the-art papers describing comprehensive approaches to residuals management and emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary solutions to complex environmental problems. Originally published in 1972

Table of Contents

Introduction I. THE ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 1. Economic Growth and the Natural Environment2. A Materials-Process-Product Model 3. Observations on the Economics of Irreplaceable Assets II. DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS 4. A Quantitative Framework for Residuals Management Decisions 5. Agricultural Pesticides: Productivity and Externalities 6. Air Pollution Dam age: Some Difficulties in Estimating the Value of Abatement 7. The Distribution of Environmental Quality III. DESIGNIN G POLITICAL AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS 8. Environmental Quality as a Problem of Social Choice 9. Legal Strategies Applicable to Environmental Quality Management Decisions 10. Power Structure Studies and Environmental Quality Management: The Study of Powerful Urban Problem-Oriented Leaders in North-eastern Megalopolis

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