Allen V Kneese, Blair T Bower

Managing Water Quality

Economics, Technology, Institutions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The analysis in this classic study 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. Originally published in 1968

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 343
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134002542
• ISBN-10: 1134002548
• Artikelnr.: 59463058

Autorenporträt

Allen V. Kneese, Blair T. Bower

Inhaltsangabe

I: Nature of the Water Quality Problem
1: Introduction
2: The Nature of Waste Discharges and Their Effects on Receiving Waters
3: The Relation of Water Quality to Water Uses
4: Managing Waste Loads and the Assimilative Capacity of Receiving Waters
II: Economic Concepts and Policies for Controlling Individual Waste Discharges
5: Water Quality and Resources Allocation by Private Markets
6: Causing Offsite Costs to Be Reflected in Waste Disposal Decisions
7: Standards, Charges, and Equity
8: Cases Comparing Effluent Charges and Effluent Standards
9: Policy Alternatives for Influencing Individual Waste Discharges
III: Economic Concepts Relating to Regional Water Quality Management Systems with Collective Facilities
10: Collective Facilities in Water Quality Management
11: U.S. Cases of Regional Water Quality Systems Analysis
12: Water Management in the Ruhr: A Case Study of the Genossenschaften
IV: Institutional and Organizational Approaches to Regional Water Quality Management
13: The Approaches
V: Implementation and Management
14: A Policy for the Future