To date, the valuation of environmental quality has been severely hampered by our ability to actually measure quality. Often environmental resources are described by exhaustive lists of attributes. Unfortunately, high multicollinearity among attributes leads to serious econometric problems. The use of too few attributes, on the other hand, leads to underspecification of the valuation model. Fin...

Hedonic price method studies have assumed that individuals consider air quality as a characteristic of their homes. The purpose of this study is to determine if air quality is a significant characteristic considered when an individual decides where to live. This study uses a survey to determine where air quality ranks amongst the different characteristics of a home. My results show that air qua...

Introduction Fast, efficient batch melting using the modern induction furnace can improve operating flexibility and production yield, as well as reduce the cost of environmental protection. The compelling advantages of induction batch melting have encouraged foundries to change the way they handle their melting operations. Among the chief advantages is cost. The operational cost of a typical in...

The Environmental Impact Assessment and Report (ISE/EIR) are the main studies that subsidize decision of environmental agency in issuing prior license, required to licensing enterprises with significant power degradation. for ISE/EIR be effectively applied directly related quality these studies. aim study was analyze evolution based on perception IBAMA's analysts. For data were electronic quest...

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the most important public environmental issues and concerns, the public knowledge about these issues, as well as the quality of environmental issues in Rafsanjan, Iran. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 384 people were randomly selected from Rafsanjan City and their public environmental issues and concerns were evaluated. Th...