Societal cost-benefit analysis for soil remediation in The Netherlands

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-74

  Van Wezel, Annemarie P ^a   Franken, Ron O G ^a   Drissen, Eric ^a   Versluijs, Kees C W ^b   Van Den Berg, Reinier ^c  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Health; Soil contamination; Soil remediation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

CADMIUM; CARCINOGENS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 40949102796     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2007-034.1     Document Type: Article

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