Bøger af Allen V. Kneese

Examines the development-environment conflict in the four contiguous states of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. This book emphasizes three issues with implications that extend far beyond the Southwest: water; environment; and the future of Native American and other poverty-stricken peoples.

Brings together the papers describing comprehensive approaches to residuals management and emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary solutions to complex environmental problems.

"Economics of Regional Water Quality Management".

Examines issues surrounding benefits assessment, including such tools as bidding games, surveys, property value studies, wage differentials, risk reduction evaluation, and mortality and morbidity cost estimation. This work discusses methods for quantitatively estimating benefits derived from the maintenance or improvement of air and water quality.

Presents an analysis of the study that ranges from basic economic and political theory to engineering and institutional practices, and encompasses case studies in England, France, and West Germany, as well as in the Ohio, Potomac, and Delaware river basins in the United States.