Background: More than 80% of sewage generated by human activities is discharged into
rivers and oceans without any treatment, which results in environmental pollution and more …

In this article we critically review the economic literature on the effects of environmental
changes on public health, in both the developed and the developing world. We first focus on …

Air pollution and its effects on public health have received considerable attention in China.
This paper extends discussion of the relationship between pollution and health by focusing …

To what extent does information affect the demand for environmental quality? A randomly
selected group of households in an Indian city were informed whether or not their drinking …

This paper investigates two complementary pieces of data on households' demand for
improved water services, coping costs and willingness to pay (WTP), from a survey of 1500 …

Environmental and Resource Valuation with Revealed Preferences: A Theoretical Guide to
Empirical Models provides a systematic review of those economic approaches for valuing …

Background Rapid economic and social development in China has resulted in severe air
pollution and consequent adverse impacts on society. The health effects of air pollution have …

In the growing field of urban political ecology, so far not much attention has been paid to air-
quality and related policies. In this paper I examine the recent far-reaching air-pollution …

This paper assesses the economic costs of water pollution (industrial) in the rural
communities in terms of losses to agricultural production, human health, and livestock. The …

Almost nine million children under 5 years of age die every year. Diarrhea is considered to
be the second leading cause of under‐five mortality in developing countries. About one out …