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Population size and environmental quality
Journal of Population Economics, 1997This paper presents a simple general equilibrium analysis of first best allocations in an economy where a consumption good is produced using labor. Production results in pollution, which is a public bad. Pollution abatement can be achieved either by restricting production or by using additional labor.
Till Requate, Mark B. Cronshaw
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Fuzzy environmental quality index
International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, 2010This paper presents the construction of a fuzzy environmental quality index for decision support in municipal environmental management. Five groups of indicators were selected in order to obtain an equation that best represented reality in terms of environmental quality.
Jose Arnaldo Frutuoso Roveda +4 more
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Social Indicators Research, 1979
In the late 1960s there was great interest in the U.S. environmental field for duplicating the success economists had in developing statistical indicators. This article traces the history of the development of environmental indices at the Council on Environmental Quality from initial research aimed at preparing one or at best a few indices of ...
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In the late 1960s there was great interest in the U.S. environmental field for duplicating the success economists had in developing statistical indicators. This article traces the history of the development of environmental indices at the Council on Environmental Quality from initial research aimed at preparing one or at best a few indices of ...
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Indicators of Environmental Quality: an Overview
1972A concerted effort to enhance habitability of our planet is unlikely to succeed unless we know “where we are” and “where we want to go.” To answer these questions, we first must consider exactly what we include in the term “environment.” If we restrict our consideration to overly simplified definitions, such as the amount of a specified pollutant in ...
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Why environmental quality indices?
1972Science and technology in general, and professionalism in particular, are under attack in our great nation. The average American citizen is confused and confounded by purported scientific rationales that mix philosophy, politics, and opportunism with the analysis of factual research data.
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