Environmental policies for agricultural pollution control / edited by J.S. Shortle and D.G. Abler, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, USA.

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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2001Copyright date: 2001Description: 1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type:

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TD428.A37 E58 2001eb

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Contents:

Agriculture and Water Quality : the Issues / J.S. Shortle, D.G. Abler and M. Ribaudo -- Environmental Instruments for Agriculture / R.D. Horan and J.S. Shortle -- Voluntary and Indirect Approaches for Reducing Externalities and Satisfying Multiple Objectives / R.D. Horan, M. Ribaudo and D.G. Abler -- Estimating Benefits and Costs of Pollution Control Policies / M. Ribaudo and J.S. Shortle -- Non-point Source Pollution Control Policy in the USA / M. Ribaudo -- Policy on Agricultural Pollution in the European Union / N. Hanley -- Decomposing the Effects of Trade on the Environment / D.G. Abler and J.S. Shortle.

Abstract: This book provides a review and guide to environmental policy options for the control of agricultural pollution (particularly water pollution) and the economic, administrative and political merits of such policies. The principal focus is on the developed world, particularly North America and Europe. The book covers: the issues concerning agriculture and water quality; the voluntary and indirect approaches for reducing externalities and satisfying multiple objectives; the estimation of the benefits and costs of pollution control policies; the pollution control policies in the USA and EU; and the decomposition of the effects of trade on the environment. The book contains 7 chapters and a subject index.

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This book provides a review and guide to environmental policy options for the control of agricultural pollution (particularly water pollution) and the economic, administrative and political merits of such policies. The principal focus is on the developed world, particularly North America and Europe. The book covers: the issues concerning agriculture and water quality; the voluntary and indirect approaches for reducing externalities and satisfying multiple objectives; the estimation of the benefits and costs of pollution control policies; the pollution control policies in the USA and EU; and the decomposition of the effects of trade on the environment. The book contains 7 chapters and a subject index.

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Environmental policies for agricultural pollution control / edited by J.S. Shortle and D.G. Abler, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, USA.