Urban returns to scale and Environmental resources: An estimate of environmental externalities in an urban production function

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-45

  Capello, Roberta ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economies of scale; Environmental externalities; Environmental resource consumption; Urban size

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; NATURAL RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ECONOMIES OF SCALE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; URBAN PRODUCTION FUNCTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 0032289488     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.1998.002229     Document Type: Article

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