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Industrial disposal of effluents on land and subsequent pollution of groundwater and soil of surrounding farmlands is a … effluents on land, which has limited capacity to assimilate the pollution load, has led to groundwater pollution. Ground water … and/or river water the impact of pollution on livelihood was minimised. Since the local administration is supplying …
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Air pollution in industrial cities with emissions from firms is a growing problem in India. Durgapur, one of the … the marginal abatement cost of air pollution of industries in Durgapur, West Bengal. We model the technology of a firm …
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industrial (waste water and dust) pollution. Auxiliary regressions show that conditional on income, northern provinces have lower … industrial waste water pollution; non-coastal and provinces with smaller secondary industry shares have lower industrial (waste … water, COD, and dust) pollution; provinces with smaller state-owned enterprises share have lower industrial COD pollution …
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This paper introduces an environmental policy variable, i.e. the provincial pollution levy paid by an average firm, and …
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prepared for analysis include water consumption and effluent discharge. The existing pollution management efforts through IETPs … and CETPs and economics of production and pollution control costs were estimated for different size of units for … understanding the burden of pollution abatement. Environmental impacts of pollution were analyzed with the help of physical data on …
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Numerous political statements by the world leaders on the urgency of reaching an ambitious climate deal in Copenhagen notwithstanding, the actual discussions at the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) continue to be shrouded by daunting North-South divide, dimming the...
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This paper focusses narrowly on three areas of public policy concerning the environment deemed necessary for sustainable economic growth. It has relevance to Asian nations as they continue to demand for higher growth and at the same time keeping environmental degradation in check. The three...
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The demand for environmental goods is often low in developing countries. The major causes are awareness regarding the contamination of water and poverty, but less attention has been paid to the former reason. We use a household survey from Hyderabad city and estimate the contribution of...
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Developing Asia is the driver of today’s emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future emissions, the region is critical to the task of global climate change mitigation. Reflecting this global reality and a range of related domestic issues, the governments of...
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outsourcing of allied health functions, as well as movement of patients, movement of medical personnel, and foreign investment in … hospitals and other health care providers. Business process outsourcing has already become an important export earner in …
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