Environmental Quality Analysis : Theory and Method in the Social Sciences [Hardcover]

This book brings together state-of-the-art papers describing comprehensive approaches to residuals management and emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary solutions to complex environmental problems.Originally published in 1972This book brings together state-of-the-art papers describing comprehensive approaches to residuals management and emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary solutions to complex environmental problems. First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Kneese, Allen V.; Bower, Blair T.Introduction I. THE ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 1. Economic Growth and the Natural Environment2. A Materials-Process-Product Model 3. Observations on the Economics of Irreplaceable Assets II. DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS 4. A Quantitative Framework for Residuals Management Decisions 5. Agricultural Pesticides: Productivity and Externalities 6. Air Pollution Dam age: Some Difficulties in Estimating the Value of Abatement 7. The Distribution of Environmental Quality III. DESIGNIN G POLITICAL AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS 8. Environmental Quality as a Problem of Social Choice 9. Legal Strategies Applicable to Environmental Quality Management Decisions 10. Power Structure Studies and Environmental Quality Management: The Study of Powerful Urban Problem-Oriented Leaders in North-eastern MegalopolisUS? The Johns Hopkins University Press 1972