Regional economic benefits of environmental management at the US Department of Energy's major nuclear weapons sites

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-37

  Frisch, M ^a   Solitare, L ^a   Greenberg, M ^a   Lowrie, K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleanup; Economic impact; Nuclear weapons sites; Remediation; US Department of Energy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; LABORATORIES; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

CLEANUP; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; NUCLEAR WEAPON SITE; PRIMARY FUNCTIONS; REGIONAL ECONOMIC; SOUTH CAROLINA; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; WASHINGTON;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MILITARY LAND; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS;

EID: 0032170446     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1998.0216     Document Type: Article

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