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Industrial Development and Environmental Degradation : A Source Book on the Origins of Global Pollution

By: Se Hark Park, Walter C. Labys

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Hardcover | 1 January 1998

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Industrialization to achieve economic development has resulted in global environmental degradation. This book identifies/quantifies environmental consequences of industrial growth, and provides policy advice, including the use of clean technologies, with reference to the developing world.

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Non-Fiction Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies Development Studies Engineering & Technology Environmental Science Economics Development Economics & Emerging Economies Environmental Economics Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Pollution & Threats to the Environment

Industry & Industrial Studies

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Industry and the Environment
Industrial Development	p. 2
Environmental Degradation	p. 4
Industry and Natural Resources
Industrial Water Consumption	p. 7
Industrial Energy Consumption	p. 14
Industrial Mineral Resource Consumption	p. 32
Industrial Pollution
Industrial Air Pollution	p. 47
Industrial Water Pollution	p. 51
Industrial Solid Wastes	p. 60
Hazardous Industrial Wastes	p. 61
Toxic Chemicals	p. 69
The Example of Katowice	p. 75
Processes and Pollution in Selected Industries
Electronics Manufacturing	p. 83
Iron and Steel	p. 90
Textiles	p. 91
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing	p. 93
Petroleum Refining	p. 94
Leather Tanning	p. 95
Pulp and Paper Mills	p. 95
Electric Lamp Manufacturing	p. 96
Economic Implications of Industrial Pollution Abatement
Environmental Economic Principles	p. 100
Investment in Pollution Abatement in Selected Countries	p. 101
Economic Impacts of Long-term Structural Changes	p. 107
Economic Impacts at the Macroeconomic Level	p. 111
Economic Impacts at the Process Level	p. 115
Conclusions	p. 134
Appendix: Statistical Tables
References
Subject Index
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