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Author Spofford Jr., Walter O

Title Environmental Quality Management : an Application to the Lower Delaware Valley
Published Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (217 pages)
Series Routledge Revivals
Routledge revivals.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Preface; I. Introduction; II. The Objectives of the Study; III. Description of the Region and Its Environmental Quality Problems; The Surface Waters of the Region; The Atmosphere and Climate of the Region; Discharges of Liquid and Gaseous Residuals; The Environmental Quality Problems of the Region; IV. The Regional Residuals Management Model; General Characteristics; Model Structure and Solution Method
880-01 The Distribution of CostsResiduals Discharges; Solid Residuals Handling and Disposal; Regional Environmental Quality; VII. Special Features of the Results; Linkages Among Forms of Residuals; Distributional Implications; Distribution of Environmental Quality; Distribution of Increased Consumer Costs; VIII. Policy Implications; Some Caveats; IX. Research Objectives and Lessons; Intermedia Linkages and Tradeoffs; Nonlinear Aquatic Ecosystem Models; Distributional Information; X. Difficulties Encountered and Research Needs; Difficulties Encountered; Data Availability; Model Size; Nonlinearities
880-01/(S Application of the Model to the Lower Delaware ValleyArrangement of Economic Activities in the Regional Model; Module 1 -- Petroleum Refineries, Steel Mills, and power Plants; Module 2 -- Home and Commercial Heating; Module 3 -- The over 25 μ, gms/m3 Dischargers; Module 4 -- Delaware Estuary Sewage Treatment Plants; Module 5 -- Paper Plants and Municipal Solid Residuals; Module 6 -- Delaware Estuary Industrial Dischargers; The Delaware Estuary Model; The Regional Air Quality Model; V. Management Strategies Analyzed Using the Regional Model; VI. Results Achieved to Date; Aggregate Costs to the Region
Costs of AnalysisResearch Needs; Data Needs; Modeling Needs; Operations Research Needs; XI. Further Research Plans and Final Comments; Future Research Plans; Final Comments; Appendix A: Mathematical Statement of the Regional Residuals Management Model; Appendix B: Activities in the Lower Delaware Valley Model, Their Locations, and Their Management Options; Appendix C: Supplemental Results of Production Runs of the Lower Delaware Valley Model; References
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Subject Environmental protection -- Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- Mathematical models
Environmental protection -- Mathematical models
United States -- Delaware River Valley
Form Electronic book
Author Russell, Clifford S
Kelly, Robert A
ISBN 9781317354260
1317354265