Waste Management in Spatial Environments

ISBN-13: 9780415687188 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 180 str.

Alessio D'Amato; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Anna Montini

Opis

Increasing scarcity of land and the consequential strengthening of policy targets pertaining to waste disposal, recovery and generation, has generated a need for empirical analyses that will aid policy effectiveness, while taking into account the relevance of specific regional features and the impact of a comprehensive set of socio-economic drivers.

New strands of microeconomic and macroeconomic analyses inspired by the Environmental Kuznets curve literature have emerged during the past years, enlarging the previously heavy managerial focus to bring in wider economic considerations, and complementing the historically stronger literature on the valuation of waste related externalities.

The book aims to provide guidelines for policymakers in gathering contributions of both a theoretical and empirical nature that cover and address waste management and disposal issues, embedding them in spatial, systemic and trade related frameworks.

Spis treści

Introduction Alessio D'Amato, Massimiliano Mazzanti and Anna Montini  Part I: The Italian Environment of Waste Management: Spatial analyses, convergence, illegal markets and policy assessments  1. A |Dynamic Assessment of Italian Landfill Taxes Dario Biolcati Rinaldi, Francesco Nicolli, Virginia Turchi and Michela Zappaterra  2. Measuring the Impact of Economic Incentives in Waste Sorting Alessandro Bucciol, Natalia Montinari, Marco Piovesan and Lorenzo Valmasoni  3. Waste Generation and Delinking: A theoretical model with empirical application to the Italian municipalities Graziano Abrate and Matteo Ferraris  4. A Note on Illegal Waste Disposal, Corruption and Enforcement Alessio D’Amato and Mariangela Zoli  5. Separate Collection Target: Why 65% in 2012? Campania case study Giacomo D’Alisa and Maria Federica Di Nola  Part II: The International Setting: Waste trade drivers, convergence and policy making in spatial-framed environments  6. International Waste Trade: Impacts and drivers Massimiliano Mazzanti and Roberto Zoboli  7. Do Weak Environmental Regulations Determine the Location of US Exports of SLABs and Lead Waste? Derek Kellenberg  8. The Political Cost of Residual Municipal Solid Waste Taxation: Perception versus reality Simon De Jaeger