Regulating chemical accumulation in the environment : the integration of toxicology and economics in environmental policy-making / edited by Timothy Swanson and Marco Vighi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Swanson, Timothy M., editor.

Vighi, M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy.

Environmental chemistry--Economic aspects.

Environmental chemistry.

Environmental toxicology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 278 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The environment has become exposed to a range of damaging contaminants from a wide variety of sources. Regulation of and legislation against offending parties has frequently been hampered because of the difficulty of co-operation between disparate disciplines in the natural, social and political sciences. This volume forms the conclusion of five years' collaboration between toxicologists, economists and lawyers in the understanding and solution of the problem of accumulative chemicals. As well as a case study of the accumulation of pesticides in groundwater in one particular region (the European Union), the book forms a general study of the value of interdisciplinary approaches in environmental policy making. The volume will be a valuable resource for a broad group of academics and researchers in the area of environmental science and environmental policy. It will also form a useful supplementary reference text for courses in environmental policy, science, economics and toxicology.

Contents:

Preface: the regulation of pesticides in Europe

past, present and future / Marco Vighi, Carolina Sbriscia Fioretti and Timothy Swanson

Regulating chemical accumulation: an integrated approach / Timothy Swanson

Chemical characteristics: the case of herbicides in Italy / Carolina Sbriscia Fioretti, Giuseppe Zanin, Paolo Ferrario and Marco Vighi

Valuing chemical characteristics: a hedonic approach / Tore Söderqvist

Environmental toxicology: the background for risk assessment / Marco Vighi, Richard Lloyd and Carolina Sbriscia Fioretti

The value of changes in health risks: a review / Magnus Johannesson and Per-Olav Johansson

On estimating the benefits of groundwater protection: a contingent valuation study in Milan / Jane Press and Tore Söderqvist

Market failure / Robin Mason

Regulatory failure / Robin Mason

Optimal policies for regulating persistent chemicals / Timothy Swanson

An analysis of alternative legal instruments for the regulation of pesticides / Michael G. Faure and Jürgen G.J. Lefevere.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11444-6

1-280-42928-3

0-511-17503-5

0-511-03991-3

0-511-15513-1

0-511-32528-2

0-511-53599-6

0-511-05439-4

OCLC:

559694710