Valuation of environmental health damages in developing countries : some observations
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2000
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Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, US
Abstract
The paper identifies the most serious gaps and conceptual issues surrounding the economic valuation of environmental health damages in developing countries, focusing on disease associated with anthropogenic environmental degradation. The paper takes the form of a series of ten observations about environmental health valuation with supporting detail and discussion, including problems of air pollution, pesticides, and environmentally transmitted diarrheal diseases.
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Meeting: EEPSEA Biannual Workshop, 15th, Nov. 2000, Chiang Mai, TH
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, HEALTH HAZARDS, ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, AIR POLLUTION, PESTICIDES, CHILD HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, FAR EAST ASIA, GLOBAL SOUTH