Author: Publisher:
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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author: The Economics of Water Quality
Author: Naomi ZeitouniPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135189093X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 621
Book Description
This volume brings together a number of prominent economic studies all of which deal with key water quality issues. The studies focus on the economic aspects of water quality including identifying the polluters' actions and incentives, designing and comparing control mechanisms, analyzing the costs and benefits of water quality programmes, and finally managing transboundary water quality. They all make recommendations for improving water quality through changing incentives, programmes and/or policies.
Three Essays on Contingent Valuation
Author: Richard Taylor CarsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Toward a Philosophy of Planning
Author: Raymond Harrison WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Attitude (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
What Price Incentives?
Author: Steven KelmanPublisher: Praeger Pub Text
ISBN: 9780865690820
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Sets forth in a straightforward and sensible way the philosophical reasons for the non-economist's skepticism of the economist's view of the world. Its relevance extends beyond environmental issues to other areas where microeconomic theory is being applied to public policy. Kelman cites results to confirm his view that both opponents and supporters of economic incentives have important philosophical concerns. He takes the role of an advocate of the use of incentives in formulating an environmental policy. He also discusses political strategy from the point of view of the policy entrepreneur who is trying to get ideas adopted. Economists and non-economists alike will welcome this book as a bridge over a perceptual gap in an important area of policymaking.
Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy
Author: Jose A. Gomez-IbanezPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815715696
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
This comprehensive survey of transportation economic policy pays homage to a classic work, Techniques of Transportation Planning, by renowned transportation scholar John R. Meyer. With contributions from leading economists in the field, it includes added emphasis on policy developments and analysis. The book covers the basic analytic methods used in transportation economics and policy analysis; focuses on the automobile, as both the mainstay of American transportation and the source of some of its most serious difficulties; covers key issues of urban public transportation; and analyzes the impact of regulation and deregulation on the U.S. airline, railroad, and trucking industries. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Alan A. Altshuler, Harvard University; Ronald R. Braeutigam, Northwestern University; Robert E. Gallamore, Union Pacific Railroad; Arnold M. Howitt, Harvard University; Gregory K. Ingram, The Wold Bank; John F. Kain, University of Texas at Dallas; Charles Lave, University of California, Irvine; Lester Lave, Carnegie Mellon University; Robert A. Leone, Boston University; Zhi Liu, The World Bank; Herbert Mohring, University of Minnesota; Steven A. Morrison, Northeastern University; Katherine M. O'Regan, Yale University; Don Pickrell, U.S. Department of Transportation; John M. Quigley, University of California, Berkeley; Ian Savage, Northwestern University; and Kenneth A. Small, University of California Irvine.
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author: Water in New Mexico
Author: Ira G. ClarkPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826309235
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
The most comprehensive reference on the state's most precious resource is now back in print.
Environmental Policies for Agricultural Pollution Control
Author: J. S. ShortlePublisher: CABI
ISBN: 9780851997797
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This book describes the environmental problems associated with agriculture, particularly the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers and the disposal of animal waste. These have become major policy issues in many countries, with the main polluting effect being on water quality. As with other types of pollution, significant reductions in agriculture's contribution to water pollution requires the application of either enforceable regulatory approaches or changes in the economic environment, so that farmers adopt environmentally-friendly production practices. Providing a review and guide to the policy options and their economic administrative and political merits, the reader can develop an understanding of these options and their merits in the emerging policy context. The principal focus is on the developed world, particularly North America and Europe. The book is aimed at advanced students, researchers and professionals in agricultural economics and policy, and environmental and pollution sciences.
Resource Regimes
Author: Oran R. YoungPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520315456
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.