Economics for Ecology ISCS'2011

Abstract

Air pollution - smoke and other airborne particles - has accompanied the growth of industrialization since its early days and courses damage and distress upon human, animal, and plant life. The salient economic consequence of this is that pure or relatively unpolluted air is no longer a free good; it costs money to go where air is relatively cleaner, it costs money to trap pollutants before they escape into the air. Yet, by and large, those who are responsible for pollution do not bear the cost of the pollution they create; it is an "external" cost of production and consumption. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/9837