Measuring the Benefits of Clean Air and Water

ISBN-13: 9781617260285 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 177 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

Part 1 Basics; Chapter 1 Introduction to Benefit–Cost Analysis; Chapter 2 What are Economic Benefits?; Chapter 3 Links between Actions Affecting the Environment and their Effects on Humans; Chapter 4 Assigning Economic Values to Cleaner Air and Water; Part 2 Case Studies in Urban Air Pollution; Chapter 5 Aggregate Epidemiology—The Sixty Cities Study; Chapter 6 Disaggregate Epidemiology and Morbidity from Ozone Exposure; Chapter 7 Air-quality Benefits in the South Coast Air Basin and in San Francisco; Chapter 8 Air Quality, Wages, and National Benefits from Urban Air-pollution Control; Part 3 Case Studies in Rural and Regional Air and Water Pollution; Chapter 9 Effect of Air Quality on U.S. Agriculture; Chapter 10 National Freshwater Benefits of Water-Pollution Control; Chapter 11 Emerging Areas for Benefit Estimation; Part 4 Conclusion; Chapter 12 Concluding NotesPart 5 Bibliography and Index;

O autorze

Kneese, Allen V.