Environmental protection is now an integral part of public policies, at local, national and
global levels. In all instances, the cost and benefits of policies and projects must be carefully …

Environmental cost-benefit analysis, or CBA, refers to the economic appraisal of policies and
projects that have the deliberate aim of improving the provision of environmental services or …

This paper's findings suggest that an arbitrary Chinese policy that greatly increases total
suspended particulates (TSPs) air pollution is causing the 500 million residents of Northern …

During the last two decades of rapid economic growth, China's environmental pollution has
become increasingly serious, and the corresponding health damage has become a …

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the systematic and analytical process of comparing benefits
and costs in evaluating the desirability of a project or programme–often of a social nature. It …

Abstract Contingent Valuation in Practice takes the reader through each of the basic steps in
the design and administration of a contingent-valuation study. The text is written for the …

Air pollution and its effects on public health have received considerable attention in China.
This paper extends discussion of the relationship between pollution and health by focusing …

The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) is an empirical regularity showing how some
pollutants increase and then decrease with rising per capita incomes. Popular discussions …

Ten years ago only a handful of very rudimentary contingent valuation (CV) studies had
been conducted in developing countries; at that time the problems associated with posing …

Accelerating growth due to industrialization and urbanization has improved the Indian
economy but simultaneously has deteriorated human health, environment, and ecosystem …