Theory, Modeling and Experience in the Management of Nonpoint-Source Pollution

ISBN 10: 1461363829 / ISBN 13: 9781461363828

Published by Springer, 2012

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Print on Demand pp. 368 49:B&W 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Theory, Modeling and Experience in the Management of Nonpoint-Source Pollution
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1461363829
• ISBN 13: 9781461363828
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Nonpoint-source pollution (NPSP) poses a special challenge to society's ability to manage its collective environmental good - especially surface and groundwater quality. Since there is no `point', such as an outfall pipe, from which the pollution is being discharged and can be measured, pollution can reach the ambient environment without being monitored. Since management of air and water polution requires the definition and enforcement of limits on discharges or the imposition of fees on those discharges, inability to measure limits our ability to manage this environmental problem. This book presents a state-of-the-art review and discussion of economists' efforts to resolve this major problem and attempts to provide a way of working around it. The book sets forth the theoretical issues, modeling, and the actual programs set up to confront this issue.