Theory, Modeling and Experience in the Management of Nonpoint-source Pollution
. Ed(S): Russell, Clifford S.; Shogren, Jason F.
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Hardback. Nonpoint-source pollution (NPSP) poses a special challenge to society's ability to manage its collective environmental good - especially surface and groundwater quality. This book presents a review and discussion of economists' efforts to resolve this major problem and attempts to provide a way of working around it. Editor(s): Russell, Clifford S.; Shogren, Jason F. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 691.
Nonpoint-source pollution (NPSP) poses a special challenge to society's ability to manage its collective environmental good - especially surface and groundwater quality. Since there is no `point', such as an outfall pipe, from which the pollution is being discharged and can be measured, pollution can reach the ambient environment without being monitored. Since management of air and water polution requires the definition and enforcement of limits on discharges or the imposition of fees on those discharges, inability to measure limits our ability to manage this environmental problem. This book presents a ... Read more
Nonpoint-source pollution (NPSP) poses a special challenge to society's ability to manage its collective environmental good - especially surface and groundwater quality. Since there is no `point', such as an outfall pipe, from which the pollution is being discharged and can be measured, pollution can reach the ambient environment without being monitored. Since management of air and water polution requires the definition and enforcement of limits on discharges or the imposition of fees on those discharges, inability to measure limits our ability to manage this environmental problem. This book presents a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
Series
Natural Resource Management and Policy
Number of Pages
345
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792393078
SKU
V9780792393078
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