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Community Alienation and Pollution Control
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An integrated approach to pollution control
In this study, integrated pollution control (IPC) is viewed as an approach which seeks the most cost-effective way of reducing the overall risk to human health and the environment from all pollutants in all environmental media. It does this by simultaneously taking into account all pollutant …
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Pollution control and the rule of law.
… thesis is an attempt to apply the rule of law to pollution control, the aim being to discover whether one form of environmental regulation can be regarded as more constitutionally legitimate than another. The thesis begins with a detailed discussion of the rule of law. In the first chapter, I …
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Uncertainty and the markets for water pollution control
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994.
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The effectiveness of local air pollution control in Lancashire
This thesis examines the implementation of air pollution control at the local level within the UK. Focusing upon the local air pollution control regime (LAPC) that is regulated by local authorities under the provisions of Part One of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the research assesses …
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Environmental pollution control policy : an assessment of regional economic impacts
Thesis. 1979. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Empirical investigation of water pollution control through use of Phragmites australis
This research study addresses a problem of water pollution caused by heavy and toxic metals Cd, Cr, Cu and Pb. The thesis proposes the use of the technique of phytoremediation using Phragmites australis (PA) plants that have the capacity to absorb and to accumulate such metals in their roots and …
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Competition and loss of efficiency : from electricity markets to pollution control
The thesis investigates the costs and benefits of free competition as opposed to central regulation to coordinate the incentives of various participants in a market. The overarching goal of the thesis is to decide whether deregulated competition is beneficial for society, or more precisely, in …
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Use Of Small Format Aerial Photography in NPS Pollution Control Applications
An automated procedure was developed to identify and extract confined poultry facilities from color 35-mm slide imagery collected by the United States Department of Agriculture/Farm Service Agency (USDA/FSA). The imagery is used by the USDA/FSA to monitor compliance with various farm support …
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SET-WET: A Wetland Simulation Model to Optimize NPS Pollution Control
… in order to optimize non-point source (NPS) pollution control measures. The model simulates the hydrologic, nitrogen, carbon, dissolved oxygen, bacteria, vegetative, phosphorous and sediment cycles of a wetland system. Written in Fortran 77, SET-WET models both free water surface (FWS) and …
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Economic Instruments for Water Pollution Control Policy making issues: Experiences from Colombia
As part of the pollution control effort several developing countries have established economic-based initiatives to improve environmental quality. In this study the Colombian water pollution charge, which was implemented in 1997, is analyzed. The two key questions that this study attempts to answer …
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Procuring industrial pollution control : the South Australian case, 1836-1975 / Matthew Jordan.
Bibliography: leaves 253-280.
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Political crisis and the politics of water pollution control in the 1970s
… amended the 1972 act. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1977 extended industrial compliance deadlines for meeting the national water quality standards and weakened the implementation of provisions that encouraged public participation. Although the federal state made …
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Effects of Spatial Information on Estimated Farm Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Costs
… should be considered when designing policies to control nonpoint sources of water pollution. However, spatial information can be expensive to collect and the evidence is not conclusive as to the level of information required to analyze specific pollution-control policies. The objective of this …
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Agricultural BMP Placement for Cost-effective Pollution Control at the Watershed Level
… recommendations, the cost-effectiveness of pollution reduction measures within a watershed. The goal was met through development of an optimization procedure for best management practice (BMP) placement at the watershed level. The procedure combines an optimization component, written in the …
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Pollution control upgrade of a hazardous waste incinerator to comply with regulatory requirements
… of health effects. This work explores the Air Pollution Control System (APCS) upgrade necessary to abate the emission of these pollutants and ensure compliance with the RCRA regulations.
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Pollution control, administrative discretion and science: a journey through the maze of environmental law
… is crucial to understanding the impact of pollution on the natural environment. Thus, it is fundamental to the design and implementation of environmental laws. Secondly, scientific information has certain methodological limitations and inherent uncertainties which often make it subject to …
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