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Category : South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Option Values, Preservation Values and Recreational Benefits of Improved Water Quality
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Category : South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Economic Benefits Of Improved Water Quality
Author: Douglas GreenleyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429705034
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Until recently, there has been general agreement that improvement and preservation of water quality, though costly, provided economic and social benefits that outweighed the expense. Now, however, some observers are beginning to question whether the costs of the 1972 Water Pollution Control Act may actually exceed those benefits. This book provides answers to some of the questions that have been raised. The authors give measures of several important nonmarket benefits of improved water quality in Colorado's South Platte River Basin and empirically test and confirm the Weisbrod and Krutilla proposals that the general public may be willing to pay for preservation of environmental amenities and that option value and other preservation values must be added to recreation-use values to give an accurate picture of the social benefits of environmental preservation and restoration. Their findings include the fact that even those who do not expect to use the river basin for recreation are willing to pay for the maintenance of a natural ecosystem and to bequest clean water to future generations. The authors also arrive at average amounts households are willing to pay for improved water quality to enhance enjoyment of water-based recreation activities. They suggest that, without such information, it is highly unlikely that sufficient resources will be allocated for the preservation of unique environments and for the improvement of those being degraded.
Option Values, Preservation Values and Recreational Benefits of Improved Water Quality
Author: Richard G. WalshPublisher:
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Category : South Platte River
Languages : en
Pages : 7
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Economic Benefits of Improved Water Quality
Author: Douglas A GreenleyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367019419
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Languages : en
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Book Description
Until recently, there has been general agreement that improvement and preservation of water quality, though costly, provided economic and social benefits that outweighed the expense. Now, however, some observers are beginning to question whether the costs of the 1972 Water Pollution Control Act may actually exceed those benefits. This book provides answers to some of the questions that have been raised. The authors give measures of several important nonmarket benefits of improved water quality in Colorado's South Platte River Basin and empirically test and confirm the Weisbrod and Krutilla proposals that the general public may be willing to pay for preservation of environmental amenities and that option value and other preservation values must be added to recreation-use values to give an accurate picture of the social benefits of environmental preservation and restoration. Their findings include the fact that even those who do not expect to use the river basin for recreation are willing to pay for the maintenance of a natural ecosystem and to bequest clean water to future generations. The authors also arrive at average amounts households are willing to pay for improved water quality to enhance enjoyment of water-based recreation activities. They suggest that, without such information, it is highly unlikely that sufficient resources will be allocated for the preservation of unique environments and for the improvement of those being degraded.
Option Values, Preservation Values and Recreational Benefits of Improved Water Quality
Author: U. S. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289220228
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Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Richard Nixon. The agency is charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. The EPA's struggle to protect health and the environment is seen through each of its official publications. These publications outline new policies, detail problems with enforcing laws, document the need for new legislation, and describe new tactics to use to solve these issues. This collection of publications ranges from historic documents to reports released in the new millennium, and features works like: Bicycle for a Better Environment, Health Effects of Increasing Sulfur Oxides Emissions Draft, and Women and Environmental Health.
Option Values, Preservation Values and Recreation Benefits of Improved Water Quality - a Case Study of the South Platte River Basin, Colorado
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and DevelopmentPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Water as a Parameter for Development of Energy Resources in the Upper Great Plains
Author: Armand BauerNational Economic Development Procedures Manual - Recreation
Author: Mary K. VincentPublisher:
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Category : Recreation areas
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Economic Valuation of Water Resources in Agriculture
Author: R. Kerry TurnerPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251051900
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The purpose of this report is to produce a review on water resource valuation issues and techniques specifically for the appraisal and negotiation of raw (as opposed to bulk or retail) water resource allocation for agricultural development projects. The review considers raw water in naturally occurring watercourses, lakes, wetlands, soil and aquifers, taking an ecosystem function perspective at a catchment scale, and takes account of the demands from irrigated and rainfed agriculture. It is hoped that the review will have particular application to developing countries where agreed methods for reconciling competing uses are often absent, but nevertheless takes account of valuation approaches that have been made in post industrial economies.
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