Essays about: "Resource valuation"

Showing result 21 - 24 of 24 essays containing the words Resource valuation.

  1. 21. What is water worth? : recreational benefits and increased demand following a quality improvement

    University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Gerda Kinell; [2008]
    Keywords : non-market valuation; travel cost method; water quality improvement;

    Abstract : This study focuses on valuation of natural resources and particularly valuation of the quality of a natural resource. The aim is to value an improvement of water quality, measured as sight depth, in the bay Himmerfjärden in the Stockholm archipelago. READ MORE

  3. 22. Polluted domestic water in Costa Rica : an analysis from a technical and an economic perspective

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Therese Lager; Maria Wikström; [2007]
    Keywords : Costa Rica; drinking water; fertilizer; coffee; nitrate; nitrite; willingness to pay; environmental valuation; contingent valuation method;

    Abstract : The aim of this project was to investigate pollution of a water resource from fertilizer used in coffee plantations and to investigate the inhabitants' willingness to pay to maintain a good quality of the drinking water. Concentrations of nitrite and nitrate in water taken from a coffee plantation were compared with water from an area not as fertilizer intense. READ MORE

  4. 23. Uranium Mining Industry : -A valuation of uranium mining companies

    University essay from IHH, Redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Jacob Östlund; Kristian Kierkegaard; [2007]
    Keywords : Uranium; uranium mining; mining; commodity valuation; share valuation; valuation; natural resource valuation; cash flow analysis; relative PV;

    Abstract : Background: Over the last three years uranium prices have soard from US $14 per pound (lb) to the current price of US $120/lb and this rapid incline of the commodity have created a boom within the uranium prospecting and min-ing industry. There are currently 435 nuclear reactors all over the world and these reactors demand 180 millions of pounds of uranium each year to run at full production. READ MORE

  5. 24. Solid waste management of Jakarta : Indonesia an environmental systems perspective

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Dini Trisyanti; [2004]
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    Abstract : Solid waste management has been one of the critical issues in Jakarta, Indonesia.With enormous amounts of generated waste per day and limited supportinginfrastructure, the city has faced serious threat of environmental deterioration andhealth hazard. READ MORE