Environmental quality, its measurement and control

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ID10404285
AuthorsR A Waller (Atkins (United States), corresponding author)
Year1970
Volume4
Issue2
Pages177-191
Publication date1970-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-3404 • E-ISSN: 1360-0591
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09595237000185221
OpenAlexW1976383337
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

Waller R. A. (1970) Environmental quality, its measurement and control, Reg. Studies 4, 177–191. Before it can be controlled, environmental quality needs to be measured. This involves finding a measure of the physical environment which correlates with people's enjoyment of it. It also involves evaluating the worth of the environment in monetary terms in order to decide how much to spend. The paper summarizes techniques of evaluation and puts forward a method by which many diverse aspects of the environment can be related to a common scale which in turn can have a monetary value attached to it. The implications of this philosophy are explored in the context of political decisions relating to planning problems and using traffic noise as an example demonstrates how cost-benefit techniques can be applied to environmental questions

Business · Context (archaeology · Control (management · Data mining · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental quality · Environmental resource management · Geography · Measure (data warehouse · Order (exchange · Political science · Quality (philosophy · Risk analysis (engineering · Scale (ratio · Value (mathematics · Artificial Intelligence · Color perception and design · Computer Science · Finance · Law · Multisensory perception and integration · Noise Effects and Management

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