Pollution Abatement Strategies in Central and Eastern Europe

About this book

Protecting environmental quality while pursuing economic development poses a particularly difficult challenge to the countries of Eastern and Central Europe, where political and economic systems are changing rapidly following decades of environmental neglect and economic mismanagement. This challenge also confronts advanced industrial nations as they approach difficult decisions about priorities and procedures for providing financial assistance to the region. In order to identify workable solutions this book investigates one of the leading environmental problems that these countries now face and examines the link between economic restructuring and environmental improvement. The results make for surprising reading. For example it is claimed that the area's pollutions problems may have been overstated.

Contents

Foreword Douglas R. Bohi Preface Michael A. Toman Motor Vehicles and Pollution in Central and Eastern Europe Margaret A. Walls Assessing the Health Benefits of Improved Air Quality in Central and Eastern Europe Alan J. Krupnick, Kenneth W. Harrison, Eric J. Nickell, and Michael A. Toman Using Economic Incentives to Reduce Air Pollution Emissions in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case of Poland Michael A. Toman Cost-Effective Control of Water Pollution in Central and Eastern Europe Charles M. Paulsen Tradable Sulfur Dioxide Emission Permits and European Integration Dallas Burtraw The Allocation of Environmental Liabilities in Central and Eastern Europe James Boyd Environmental Policies, Economic Restructuring, and Institutional Development in the Former Soviet Union Michael A. Toman and R. David Simpson Economic Restructuring and the Environment: Exploiting Win-Win Opportunities Michael T. Rock

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Biography

Michael A. Toman is a senior fellow and the director of the Energy and Natural Resources division at Resources for the Future. He is the coauthor, coeditor, and editor of several books, including Climate Change Economics and Policy: An RFF Anthology, Assessing Surprises and Nonlinearities in Greenhouse Warming, and Technology Options for Electricity Generation.