Waste Management and Planning

Powell, Jane C. (EDT); Turner, R. Kerry (EDT); Bateman, Ian (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1840642173 / ISBN 13: 9781840642179

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001

Seller Inventory # 19075975-n

Synopsis:

Waste Management and Planning presents a comprehensive selection of leading papers covering four main aspects of waste management: the waste problem, evaluation of waste management options, economic instruments and legislation and policy.

Part I examines the technical aspects of waste management, such as waste generation, composition, management options and technologies. Part II discusses the evaluation of waste management options and includes papers on lifecycle assessment, multicriteria evaluation, and economic assessments. Part III focuses on economic instruments, packing policies, virgin material taxes and unit pricing. Part IV includes papers on public participation, waste facility siting and waste policy and legislation in the US, Europe and Tanzania.

This volume will be an invaluable source of reference for waste management students and practitioners, and environmentalists, students and all those interested in waste management issues.

About the Author: Edited by the late Jane C. Powell, formerly Waste Management Programme Director, CSERGE, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, R. Kerry Turner, Professor of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences and Director, Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) and the Programme in Environmental Decision Making (PEDM), University of East Anglia, UK and Ian J. Bateman, OBE, Professor of Environmental Economics, Director of the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP), University of Exeter, UK

Bibliographic Details

Title: Waste Management and Planning
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New