This report has used an exhaustive inventory of existing economic research in an attempt to summarize the monetary values for natural resources in the Palos-Orland region. The values for the resources examined in this study are obtained by calibrating the list of resources in the region with...

When the American public thinks about pollution problems, chances are it thinks of them in terms of broad encompassing issues like global warming, air pollution, acid rain, or deforestation - issues which impact people at a societal level. However, in the last decade, a grass roots movement...

What factors determine the environmental and quality of life conditions that exist in different regions of the world? What factors can explain how these conditions evolve through time? This paper empirically examines the answers to these questions, focusing on the link between economic freedom...

NIMBY(Not In My Backyard) problems are ubiquitous. Even though it is evident that society needs noxious facilities such as waste sites, people oppose the siting of those facilities around their neighborhoods. Many compensation mechanisms are suggested by researchers in the literature. However,...

"The Locality of Waste Sites in the City of Chicago: A Demographic, Social, and Economic Analysis" is a study designed to explore the factors that explain the location of a wide class of environmental wastes in a large American city. This report expands on the 1994 study "Environmental Racism in...

This study examines the pattern of public expenditures on endangered and threatened species of animals in the United States. The examination explores how expenditure patterns are affected by biological and ecological information, policy directives, and public perception as measured in a national...