Environmental Economics and Management (Routledge Revivals)

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Public Measures, Principles and Alternative Remedies

 

 

5.1 INTRODUCTION

In this chapter we shall outline the main principles for formulating public measures utilising the technical control possibilities for the reduction of pollutant residuals that were discussed in Chapter 4. Public control of the use of the natural environment may comprise direct control in the form of laws and order; another approach is to apply indirect measures in the form of taxes, charges, and the like.

Section 5.2 contains a general discussion of the need for public environmental protection measures. The basis of this discussion is the question of establishing control mechanisms for the allocation of scarce resources in an area where there is no reason to expect ...