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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778729303321

Titolo

Pollution abatement strategies in central and eastern Europe / / edited by Michael A. Toman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Resources for the Future, , 1994

ISBN

1-135-89005-6

1-138-40717-8

1-135-88998-8

1-315-06064-7

1-891853-20-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (104 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TomanMichael A

Disciplina

363.73/92/0943

Soggetti

Air - Pollution - Economic aspects - Europe, Central

Air - Pollution - Economic aspects - Europe, Eastern

Environmental policy - Europe, Central

Environmental policy - Europe, Eastern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Motor vehicles and pollution in central and eastern Europe / Margaret A. Walls -- Assessing the health benefits of improved air quality in central and eastern Europe / Alan J. Krupnick ... [et al.] -- Using economic incentives to reduce air pollution emissions in central and eastern Europe : the case of Poland / Michael A. Toman -- Cost-effective control of water pollution in central and eastern Europe / Charles M. Paulsen -- Tradable sulfur dioxide emission permits and European economic integration / Dallas Burtraw -- The allocation of environmental liabilities in central and eastern Europe / James Boyd -- Environmental policies, economic restructuring, and institutional development in the former Soviet Union / Michael A. Toman and R. David Simpson -- Economic restructuring and the environment : exploiting win-win opportunities / Michael T. Rock.

Sommario/riassunto

Protecting environmental quality while pursuing economic development poses a particularly difficult challenge to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, where political and economic systems are changing



rapidly following decades of environmental neglect and economic mismanagement. Advanced industrial nations also face difficult decisions about priorities and procedures for providing financial assistance to the region. In order to identify workable solutions, Pollution Abatement Strategies in Central and Eastern Europe investigates some of the leading pollution problems that these countrie