Acid Rain Economic Assessment

Author : Paulette Mandelbaum
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461583530

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Acid Rain Economic Assessment by Paulette Mandelbaum Pdf

This volume, Proceedings of the Conference ACID RAIN: Economic Assessment, is meant to present the areas of agreement which economists have established and the uncertainties which they have discovered in their attempts to use the methodology of economics to better understand the nature of the acid rain issue. Scientific articles about acid rain initially appeared in 1972. The public turned its attention to the issue in the mid-1970s. In April 1979, the first acid rain bill was introduced in the Senate, authored by New York's Senator Daniel P. Moynihan. The bill sought to establish a federal research program dedicated to filling the gaps in understanding of the phenomena of long-range transport of air pollutants and their environmental, health and economic impacts. 'The bill was passed into law in 1980. Since then, tens of bills have been proposed to control emissions of S02 and NO , x thought to be the precursors of acid rain. And yet, in contrast with the pattern set by the majority of environmental issues, where legislation followed very quickly on the heels of public anxiety and involvement, by July 1985 not a single federal acid rain control bill had been passed.

Author : Helen Apsimon,David Pearce,Ece Ozdemiroglu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134180349

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Acid Rain in Europe by Helen Apsimon,David Pearce,Ece Ozdemiroglu Pdf

The environmental impacts of acid rain: on human health, on buildings and materials, on forests, freshwaters, crops and biodiversity and on global warming have been well-documented. Less is known about the extent and economic costs of these impacts. This book describes the first major implementation of an integrated scientific and economic assessment of the consequences of acid rain. It provides an extensive data review and examines how this unique approach to assessment modelling can be can be used to calculate an acidification cost per unit of pollutant in monetary terms. Part One focuses on the methodological issues of scientific measurement of acidification, dose-response relationships and economic approaches to acidification control. Part Two looks at the environmental impacts and economic consequences of acidification. Affected environmental media and human health are investigated in separate chapters, each including both scientific and economic analyses. Part Three provides a summary of the findings and makes recommendations for further application of these types of results to policy actions.

Author : Paulette Mandelbaum
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1985-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 030642102X

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Acid Rain Economic Assessment by Paulette Mandelbaum Pdf

This volume, Proceedings of the Conference ACID RAIN: Economic Assessment, is meant to present the areas of agreement which economists have established and the uncertainties which they have discovered in their attempts to use the methodology of economics to better understand the nature of the acid rain issue. Scientific articles about acid rain initially appeared in 1972. The public turned its attention to the issue in the mid-1970s. In April 1979, the first acid rain bill was introduced in the Senate, authored by New York's Senator Daniel P. Moynihan. The bill sought to establish a federal research program dedicated to filling the gaps in understanding of the phenomena of long-range transport of air pollutants and their environmental, health and economic impacts. 'The bill was passed into law in 1980. Since then, tens of bills have been proposed to control emissions of S02 and NO , x thought to be the precursors of acid rain. And yet, in contrast with the pattern set by the majority of environmental issues, where legislation followed very quickly on the heels of public anxiety and involvement, by July 1985 not a single federal acid rain control bill had been passed.

Author : Ernest J Yanarella,Randal H. Ihara
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000242591

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The Acid Rain Debate by Ernest J Yanarella,Randal H. Ihara Pdf

This collection of essays by noted academicians, lawyers, energy agency administrators, and research analysts focuses on the political and legal aspects of the acid rain debate, the policy options for resolving the controversy, and the international dimensions of acid rain control. The contributors highlight concerns drawn primarily from the developing study of acid rain in political science, economics, public administration, and policy analysis--concerns that are the focal point of the public debate over the nature, impact, and cost of acid rain and the mitigation of its effects. The book complements the impressive body of research from the natural sciences and responds to the need for applied study to help resolve the current policy stalemate on this critical environmental issue. The Acid Rain Debate features a comprehensive annotated bibliography on acid rain and relevant social science research.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Acid rain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127385669

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Acid Rain, Delays and Management Changes in the Federal Research Program by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Acid rain
ISBN : MINN:31951D002756183

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Economic Impact of Acid Rain by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business Pdf

Author : Gardner Mallard Brown,John M. Callaway,R. M. Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Acid deposition
ISBN : UOM:39015022009149

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Methods for Valuing Acidic Deposition and Air Pollution Effects by Gardner Mallard Brown,John M. Callaway,R. M. Adams Pdf

Author : Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Policy and Planning Branch
Publisher : Ontario Ministry of the Environment
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Acid precipitation (Meteorology)
ISBN : WISC:89045996501

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The Economics of Acid Precipitation by Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Policy and Planning Branch Pdf

Author : Donald Adams
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461583509

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Acid Deposition: Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues by Donald Adams Pdf

Concern about acid deposition, commonly referred to as acid rain, as a widespread pollution problem with severe ecological consequences has heightened public awareness. Many authorities fear that acid deposition may be the worst environmental crisis of our industrialized society because of both the global implications and possible widespread, irreversible damage to lakes, soils, and forested ecosystems. Neither state nor international boundaries are exempt from the transport and deposition of airborne pollutants resulting from local and distant emission sources. The dilemma and debate will continue as long as society requires fossil fuels for its energy needs without regard to emission constraints. This book started as a modest attempt to provide a status report on atmospheric transport, the chemical processes which produce acidifying agents, and resultant ecological and economic consequences. The materials in this book have been substantially revised from those presented at the conference in 1983. It became obvious that additional chapters were required when sudden and profound changes occurring in European forests were reported. It is felt that perhaps such damages could be an early warning to forested ecosystems in the northeastern United States and Canada as well as other places throughout the world. Most importantly, it is essential that gained scientific knowledge be translated into required legislation - a section on Policy Issues was incorporated to address these concerns. It is hoped that the reader will become informed and concerned enough to be involved in ll this IIglobal debate. Donald D. Adams Halter P.

Author : National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (U.S.). Office of the Director
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Acid deposition
ISBN : MINN:31951T00153499Y

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Annual Report ... and Findings Update by National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (U.S.). Office of the Director Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Acid rain
ISBN : MINN:31951003071431F

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Acid Rain and Transported Air Pollutants by United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment Pdf

Author : Robert J. Downing,Ramesh Ramankutty,Jitendra J. Shah
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0821339192

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Rains-Asia by Robert J. Downing,Ramesh Ramankutty,Jitendra J. Shah Pdf

Asia's rapid economic growth has fueled a growing appetite for commercial energy, which is satisfied by fossil fuels that emit pollutants. These pollutants are oxidized and transported into the atmosphere, creating acidic depositions known as acid rain that can damage foliage, soils, and surface waters. At current energy consumption growth rates, by the year 2000 sulfur dioxide emissions from Asia will surpass the emissions of North America and Europe combined. RAINS-ASIA is an assessment tool developed by the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and donors to study the implications of alternative energy development strategies for air pollution and acid rain and to help identify cost-effective abatement methods. This report provides an overview of the model and some results of analyses that have been conducted as part of the RAINS-ASIA program.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 980 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Acid rain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127312804

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Acid Rain by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment Pdf

Author : Clive L. Spash,Sandra McNally
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025378188

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Managing Pollution by Clive L. Spash,Sandra McNally Pdf

Nine international case studies, most based on mainstream neoclassical economics, apply cost-benefit analyses to assess the benefits of pollution control and address the limitations of such methods and friction between economics and "hard" science. Alternative approaches such as multiple criteria models are also applied to diverse pollutants and geographic areas and supported by figures and tables. Spash (environmental and ecological economics, U. of Cambridge) provides context for the field's study of human health and other impacts, and considers lessons Europe can learn from the US experience with air pollution and crop damage. McNally is with the Environmental Science and Policy Research Group at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Huntingdon, UK. c. Book News Inc.

Author : Kenneth E. Wilkening
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004-05-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0262265095

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Acid Rain Science and Politics in Japan by Kenneth E. Wilkening Pdf

Acid Rain Science and Politics in Japan is a pioneering work in environmental and Asian history as well as an in-depth analysis of the influence of science on domestic and international environmental politics. Kenneth Wilkening's study also illuminates the global struggle to create sustainable societies. The Meiji Restoration of 1868 ended Japan's era of isolation- created self-sufficiency and sustainability. The opening of the country to Western ideas and technology not only brought pollution problems associated with industrialization (including acid rain) but also scientific techniques for understanding and combating them. Wilkening identifies three pollution-related "sustainability crises" in modern Japanese history: copper mining in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which spurred Japan's first acid rain research and policy initiatives; horrendous post-World War II domestic industrial pollution, which resulted in a "hidden" acid rain problem; and the present-day global problem of transboundary pollution, in which Japan is a victim of imported acid rain. He traces the country's scientific and policy responses to these crises through six distinct periods related to acid rain problems and argues that Japan's leadership role in East Asian acid rain science and policy today can be explained in large part by the "historical scientific momentum" generated by efforts to confront the issue since 1868, reinforced by Japan's cultural affinity with rain (its "culture of rain"). Wilkening provides an overview of nature, culture, and the acid rain problem in Japan to complement the general set of concepts he develops to analyze the interface of science and politics in environmental policymaking. He concludes with a discussion of lessons from Japan's experience that can be applied to the creation of sustainable societies worldwide.