Methods and Results from a New Survey of Values for Eastern Regional Haze Improvements

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1767-1779

  Smith, Anne E ^a   Kemp, Michael A ^a   Savage, Timothy H ^a   Taylor, Catherine L ^a  

^a CRA International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUDGET CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS; VISIBILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BUDGET CONSTRAINTS; HAZE; HAZE REDUCTION; POLICY MAKING;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BUDGET; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAZE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VISIBILITY;

EID: 30544453953     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2005.10464770     Document Type: Article

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