Nonpoint Source Pollution Regulation: Issues and Analysis

1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-90-481-4468-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 174 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 306 g

Reihe: Economics, Energy and Environment

In April 1992 the Foundation Eni Enrico Mattei organized a workshop on the regulation of nonpoint source pollution. This volume inc1udes the proceedings of that meeting, as well as additional original contributions, in an attempt to provide an overview of recent theoretical developments in the field. Research on the causes, consequences, and control of nonpoint source pol­ lution has been carried out over the last two decades. Interest in this subject has grown as a result of the increasing recognition of the insufficiency of traditional pollution control policies focused on the large scale, confined, and general­ ly predictable pollutant discharges. In fact, many contemporary problems are caused by the combined activities of small polluters, along with natural pro­ cesses, intermittent and unpredictable events, and often involve pollutants with complex environmental outcomes. Despite the progress made in understanding the nature and size of pollution from diffuse sources, the issue of regulation is still far from being system at­ ically and adequately addressed. This policy vacuum is partly attributable to the difficulty of adapting the traditional point source regulatory tool kit to the specific features of nonpoint source problems. Such features inc1ude the tech­ nical difficulty of identifying sources and measuring individual emissions, their variability over time and space, the role played by natural processes in detennin­ ing pollutant discharges at source and their ultimate impacts on the receiving environmental media.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tomasi, Theodore

Dosi, Cesare

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Issues in the Design of Incentive Schemes for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control.- 2. Regulation of Pollution with Asymmetric Information.- 3. Controlling Environmental Externalities: Observability and Optimal Policy Rules.- 4. Nonpoint Tournaments.- 5. Nonpoint Source Externalities and Polluter’s Site Quality Standards under Incomplete Information.- 6. Incentives for Nonpoint Pollution Control.- 7. Water Pollution Regulation in a Spatial Model.