The Economics of Pollution Control in the Asia Pacific - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 185898307X ISBN 13 : 9781858983073

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

The Economics of Pollution Control in the Asia Pacific adapts environmental economics to the special conditions of the Asia Pacific region, emphasizing the importance of local conditions and culture.

Global warming, air pollution and water pollution are all addressed by a distinguished group of authors who rigorously apply economics to the analysis of pollution control in societies undergoing rapid industrialization. As this pioneering volume demonstrates, citizens of rapidly developing Taiwan and Korea are willing to pay substantial amounts for the protection and improvement of air and water quality, and face potentially huge losses from global climate change. A number of the papers also point to some cost effective alternatives for helping to reduce global greenhouse gas emission.

As this major book reveals, the make-up of Asian politico-economic systems has a direct impact on environmental policies, from benefit estimation to instrument choice. As the authors argue, policymakers and researchers in the Asia Pacific cannot draw on European and American methods, arguments and conclusions without considerable modification for regional conditions.

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Edited by Robert Mendelsohn, Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor of Forestry Policy, School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences and Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and School of Management, Yale University, New Haven, US and Daigee Shaw, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 185898307X
• ISBN 13: 9781858983073
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: Mendelsohn Robert, Shaw Daigee
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible