Costs, Valuations and Trade-offs

• Main Author: Mani, Muthukumara S
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York: Routledge 2015
• Subjects: ABATEMENT; ABATEMENT COSTS; ACID RAIN; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AQUIFERS; CANCER; CAPITAL TAXES; CARBON; CARBON CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CARBON EMISSIONS; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COAL; COMPENSATING WAGE DIFFERENTIALS; CONSUMER SURPLUS; CONSUMPTION; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; CONTINGENT VALUATION; DAMAGE FUNCTION; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; DEMAND; DEMOGRAPHICS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIMINISHING RETURNS; DIMINISHING RETURNS TO SCALE; DRINKING WATER; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC INCENTIVES; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS; ECONOMIC POLICIES; ECONOMIC VALUE; ECONOMICS; ECONOMIES; ECONOMISTS; ELASTICITIES; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION ABATEMENT; EMISSION REDUCTION; EMISSION TAXES; EMISSIONS; EMISSIONS LEVELS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTS; EQUILIBRIUM; EQUITY; EXPECTATIONS; EXPENDITURES; EXPLOITATION; EXTERNALITIES; FOOD POLICY RESEARCH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; GREEN ACCOUNTING; HEALTH PROBLEMS; HEDONIC PRICING; INCENTIVES; INTERMEDIATE GOODS; INTERMEDIATE INPUTS; LABOR FORCE; LABOR MARKETS; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LAND; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND ECONOMICS; LAND PRODUCTIVITY; LAND USE; LOGGING; MARGINAL ABATEMENT; MARGINAL ABATEMENT COSTS; MARGINAL COSTS; MARKET PRICES; METALS; MINES; NATIONAL ACCOUNTING; NATIONAL INCOME; NATURAL CAPITAL; NATURAL RESOURCES; NITROGEN OXIDES; NON-USE VALUES; OIL; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; OPTIONS; OVERGRAZING; PASTURES; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; POLICY MAKERS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION LEVELS; POLLUTION REDUCTION; POPULATION GROWTH; PRESENT VALUE; PRICE CHANGES; PRICES; PRIVATE CONSUMPTION; PRODUCTION PROCESSES; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; PROPERTY; PUBLIC GOOD; PURCHASING POWER; QUALITY STANDARDS; RANGELANDS; REAL WAGES; RECYCLING; RESEARCH AGENDA; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; RESOURCE USE; RESOURCES; RETURNS TO SCALE; REVENUE; REVENUES; RIVER BASINS; SOCIAL COSTS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE GROWTH; TAX RATES; TAXES; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS; THEORETICAL MODELS; TIMBER; TRADE; TRADEOFFS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AIR POLLUTION; USE VALUE; VALUES; WAGE DIFFERENTIALS; WAGE RATES; WAGES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WETLANDS; WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; WTP

India’s sustained and rapid economic growth offers an opportunity to lift millions out of poverty. But this may come at a steep cost to the nation’s environment and natural resources. This insightful book analyzes India’s growth from an economic perspective and assesses whether India can grow in a “green” and sustainable manner. Three key issues are addressed. The first is the physical and monetary costs and losses of environmental health and natural resources driven by economic growth. The authors undertake a monetary valuation and quantification of environmental damage, using techniques that have been developed to better understand and quantify preferences and values of individuals and communities in the context of environmental quality, conservation of natural resources, and environmental health risks. The second part estimates the value of ecosystem services from the major biomes in India using state-of-the art methods with a view to preserving them for the future. The third section provides a menu of policy instruments to explore trade-offs between economic growth and environmental sustainability using a computable general equilibrium approach with particular attention to air pollution. The conclusions focus on the way forward in terms of policies, measures, and instruments as India seeks to balance the twin challenges of maintaining economic prosperity and simultaneously managing its environmental resources. This original version is also available at www.Routledge.com/9780415719353.