1st Edition

Water Pollution Economics Aspects and Research Needs

By Allen V. Kneese Copyright 1962
124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

Public agencies and industry will probably spend tens of billions of dollars on new water pollution abatement facilities in the next few decades. Added billions will be spent for the operation of new and existing facilities. How can physical science research reduce the cost of achieving objectives? And how can social science research make sure that the right objectives are being efficiently... Read more

Preface;  Acknowledgements;  Part 1: An Economic Framework;  1. Introduction  2. Water Pollution – Nature, Effects, Treatment, Alternatives to Treatment  3. Economic Efficiency, Social Policy and the Pollution Policy  4. Evaluation – Determination and Integration of Individual and Social Values – Focus of Public Policy;  Part 2: Research Needs;  5. The Effect of Wastes on Receiving Water –Some Computational and Scientific Problems  6. Deficiencies in Technical and Economic Knowledge – Damages, Treatment, and Abatement Costs  7. Problems in Devising Procedures for Approximating Optimum Systems  8. Summary of Part 1 and a Brief Review of Selected Research Needs

Biography

Allen V. Kneese