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The Cost of Environmental Degradation : Case Studies from the Middle East and North Africa

Environmental degradation is costly, to individuals, to societies, and to the environment. This book, edited by Lelia Croitoru and Maria Sarraf, makes these costs clear by examining a number of studies carried out over the past few years by the Wor...

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Main Authors:	Croitoru, Lelia, Sarraf, Maria
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AQUACULTURE AQUIFER AQUIFERS BARRAGES CANCER CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CHILD MORTALITY CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLEAN WATER CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL AREAS COASTAL WATER COASTAL ZONES CONSERVATION CONTINGENT VALUATION CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD COST OF WATER COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES COVERING CRITICAL APPRAISAL CROP PRODUCTION CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS DAMS DEBRIS DEFORESTATION DESALINATION DISCHARGE DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER SUPPLY ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC VALUE ECOSYSTEM EMISSION STANDARDS EMISSIONS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RISK EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION FISH FISHERIES FISHING FLOODS FORAGE PRODUCTION FORESTRY FRESHWATER FUEL CONSUMPTION GAS GRAVITY GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER TABLE HEALTH PROBLEMS HYDROGEN IMPORTS INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT PROJECT IRRIGATION LAND DEGRADATION LAND RESOURCES MANGROVE MARINE SCIENCES MARINE WATERS MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN NITROGEN OXIDES NON-USE VALUES OIL OPPORTUNITY COSTS OVERGRAZING PHOSPHATE POLICY MAKERS POOR WATER QUALITY POPULATION GROWTH POWER GENERATION POWER STATION PRESENT VALUE PRIVATE WELLS PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC WELLS PUMPING QUALITY STANDARDS QUANTITY OF WATER RANGELANDS RECHARGE REPLACEMENT COSTS RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION RESOURCE USE RIVERS SALINITY SALTWATER INTRUSION SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION SERVICES SCIENCES SEA SEAWATER SHORELINE SOCIAL COSTS SOIL DEGRADATION SOLID WASTE SOURCES OF WATER STORAGE CAPACITY SUD SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TIMBER TURBIDITY URBAN AREAS USE VALUE WASTE COLLECTION WASTE DISPOSAL WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER DEMAND WATER EXPLOITATION WATER EXTRACTION WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SAVINGS WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER TRANSFER WATER USE WATER USER WATERSHED WELLS WETLANDS WILLINGNESS TO PAY WTP
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100826001806 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2499

The Cost of Environmental Degradation : Case Studies from the Middle East and North Africa

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