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Background for The Economic Analysis of Environmental Pollution

In: The Economics of Environment

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  • Allen V. Kneese

    (Resources for the Future, Inc.)

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Relevant and useful work on economic aspects of environmental problems requires some knowledge of the scientific and technological aspects of these problems. This article provides a summary of the latter. Global effects of environmental pollution, like effects on climate and large ecological systems, are reviewed first. Then, smaller-scale but severe “regional” problems are addressed. These include air and water pollution and solid wastes disposal. Sources and type of pollutants are identified, their effects on nature and human receptors are discussed, and available control technologies are reviewed. Finally, a more coherent view of the whole set of problems is provided by means of a “materials balance” approach.

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  • Allen V. Kneese, 1971. "Background for The Economic Analysis of Environmental Pollution," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Peter Bohm & Allen V. Kneese (ed.), The Economics of Environment, pages 1-24, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-01379-1_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-01379-1_1
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    Cited by:

    1. Lint Barrage, 2019. "The Nobel Memorial Prize for William D. Nordhaus," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 121(3), pages 884-924, July.
    2. Clive L Spash, 2009. "Social Ecological Economics," Socio-Economics and the Environment in Discussion (SEED) Working Paper Series 2009-08, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems.
    3. Uzawa, Hirofumi, 1993. "Imputed prices of greenhouse gases and land forests," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 3(4), pages 499-511.

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