Lowe / Lewis MD / Lewis Total Environmental Control

The Economics of Cross-Media Pollution Transfers
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-8232-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 134 Seiten, Web PDF

Total Environmental Control: The Economics of Cross-Media Pollution Transfers covers the theoretical basis of cross-media transfers of pollution. This book is organized into three parts encompassing 11 chapters that discuss the difference between cross-media transfers and trade-offs. It addresses the common thread of economic analysis. This book deals first with the definitions of voluntary solutions to cross-media problems and provides an introduction to sewage treatment and disposal. The next chapters are concerned with the basic oxygen furnace; description of electric arc furnace; conceptual and practical problems in the evaluation of environmental costs and benefits; and energy requirements for pollution control in specific industries. These topics are followed by discussions of the use of Delphi technique, the environmental energy requirements, and the status of the iron and steel manufacture. The last chapter is devoted to the case studies of fertilizer manufacturers and on the water pollution control. The book can provide useful information to environmentalists, scientists, students, and researchers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lowe, Julian

Lewis MD, Faap

Lewis, David

Atkins, Martin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Total Environmental Control: The Economics of Cross-Media Pollution Transfers;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Dedication;6
6;Preface;7
7;PART I: INTRODUCTION AND EVIDENCE;10
7.1;Chapter I. THE CROSS-MEDIA PROBLEM;12
7.1.1;Cross-media probIems:some definitions;13
7.1.2;Voluntary solutions to cross-media problems;16
7.1.3;Conclusions;18
7.2;Chapter 2. TRANSFERS TO WATER — A CASE STUDY;19
7.2.1;Introduction;19
7.2.2;'Wet scrubbing;19
7.2.3;Tipping;20
7.2.4;Sewage treatment and disposal;22
7.2.5;Other issues;25
7.2.6;Cond us ions;26
7.3;Chapter 3. THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY;28
7.3.1;Introduction;28
7.3.2;Sources of cross-media transfers;29
7.3.3;Case studies of fertilizer manufacturers;33
7.4;Chapter 4. IRON AND STEEL AND IRON FOUNDING;46
7.4.1;Introduction;46
7.4.2;The basic oxygen furnace;46
7.4.3;The electric arc furnace;47
7.4.4;Iron founding;47
7.4.5;Iron founding : a composite case;51
7.4.6;Iron founding: specific case;52
7.4.7;Cond us ions;59
7.5;Chapter 5. ENERGY REQUIREMENTS OF POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT;61
7.5.1;Iron founding;61
7.5.2;Environmental energy requirements;61
7.5.3;Energy requirements for pollution control in specific industries;65
7.5.4;Conclusions;71
8;PART II: METHODOLOGY OF ASSESSMENT;72
8.1;Chapter 6. CO'ST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS;74
8.1.1;Iron founding;74
8.1.2;Conceptual and practical problems in the evaluation of environmental costs and benefits;75
8.1.3;Conclusion;78
8.2;Chapter 7. AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO CROSS-MEDIA EVALUATION;82
8.2.1;The rationale for using a ' Delphi ' technique;82
8.2.2;The Battelle Columbus approach to pollutant weightings;83
8.2.3;The ' Delphi ' technique: our own experiment;85
8.2.4;Results;89
8.3;Chapter 8. AN APPLICATION OF THE ALTERNATIVE APPROACH;94
8.3.1;Scope of the analysis;94
8.3.2;Power generation;96
8.3.3;Iron and steel manufacture;99
8.3.4;Iron founding;101
8.3.5;Cross-industry comparisons and conclusions;103
9;PART III: PUBLIC POLICY AND CONCLUSIONS;106
9.1;Chapter 9. COMPREHENSIVE AND PIECEMEAL APPROACHES TO CONTROL;108
9.1.1;Introduction;108
9.1.2;A comprehensive approach .;109
9.1.3;An economic model;110
9.1.4;Conclusion and evaluation;113
9.2;Chapter 10. STANDARDS AND CHARGES;114
9.2.1;Economic analysis;114
9.2.2;Policy impiications;120
9.3;Chapter 11. CONCLUSION;122
10;Appendix;125
11;Author Index;134
12;Subject Index;135