The economic costs of pollution are large, but uncertain. This book, from some of the leading analysts in the field, provides a much-needed accessible description of the methods for calculating externalities, the results and their policy implications. The authors clearly address the relevant uncertainties and ethical underpinnings, bringing a balanced approach to complex issues that are so often distorted by vested interests.--
The economic costs of pollution are large, but uncertain. This book, from some of the leading analysts in the field, provides a much-needed accessible description of the methods for calculating externalities, the results and their policy implications. The authors clearly address the relevant uncertainties and ethical underpinnings, bringing a balanced approach to complex issues that are so often distorted by vested interests.--
Ari Rabl obtained his PhD in physics at the University of California, Berkeley and worked for many years as research scientist for energy technologies at Argonne, NREL and Princeton University. He moved to the École des Mines de Paris as Senior Scientist at the Centre Energétique et Procédés until his retirement in 2007, and now continues to work as a consultant. For the last 20 years, his work has focused on environmental impacts and costs of pollution. He is one of the principal participants of the ExternE Project series (External Costs of Energy) of the European Commission DG Research, for which he has co-ordinated several research projects.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Tools for environmental impact and damage assessment 3. Exposure-response functions for health impacts 4. Impacts of air pollution on building materials 5. Agriculture, forests and ecosystems 6. Other impacts 7. Atmospheric dispersion of pollutants 8. Multimedia pathways 9. Monetary valuation 10. The costs of climate change 11. Uncertainty of damage costs 12. Key assumptions and results for cost per kg of pollutant 13. Results for power plants 14. Results for waste treatment 15. Results for transport 16. Lessons for policy makers Appendix A. Nomenclature, symbols, units and conversion factors Appendix B. Description of the RiskPoll software Appendix C. Equations for multimedia model of Chapter 5 Index.
Foreword Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Tools for environmental impact and damage assessment 3. Exposure-response functions for health impacts 4. Impacts of air pollution on building materials 5. Agriculture, forests and ecosystems 6. Other impacts 7. Atmospheric dispersion of pollutants 8. Multimedia pathways 9. Monetary valuation 10. The costs of climate change 11. Uncertainty of damage costs 12. Key assumptions and results for cost per kg of pollutant 13. Results for power plants 14. Results for waste treatment 15. Results for transport 16. Lessons for policy makers Appendix A. Nomenclature, symbols, units and conversion factors Appendix B. Description of the RiskPoll software Appendix C. Equations for multimedia model of Chapter 5 Index.
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