ABSTRACT

Kneese examines issues surrounding benefits assessment, including such tools as bidding games, surveys, property value studies, wage differentials, risk reduction evaluation, and mortality and morbidity cost estimation. He discusses methods for quantitatively estimating benefits derived from the maintenance or improvement of air and water quality. Suitable for undergraduate classroom use. Originally published in 1984

part 1|37 pages

Basics

part 3|47 pages

Case Studies in Rural and Regional Air and Water Pollution

chapter 9|12 pages

Effect of Air Quality on U.S. Agriculture

chapter 11|16 pages

Emerging Areas for Benefit Estimation

Visibility, Acid Rain, and Groundwater Contamination

part 4|6 pages

Conclusion

chapter 12|4 pages

Concluding Notes

part 5|6 pages

Bibliography and Index