Environmental Quality Analysis: Theory & Method in the Social Sciences

ISBN-13: 9781617260261 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 421 str.

Allen V Kneese

Opis

'The Resources for the Future Library Collection' brings back landmark books published by Resources for the Future throughout its nearly 60-year history as the pre-eminent research institution devoted exclusively to environmental issues.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Kneese, Allen V.; Bower, Blair T.