Evaluating water quality investments using cost utility analysis.

This study borrows concepts from healthcare economics and uses cost utility analysis (CUA) to select an optimum portfolio of water quality enhancement projects in Perth, Western Australia. In CUA, costs are handled via standard discounted cash flow analysis, but the benefits, being intangible, are m...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 88; no. 4; pp. 1601 - 1611
Autores principales:	Hajkowicz, Stefan, Spencer, Rachel, Higgins, Andrew
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Academic Press Inc. September 2008
Materias:	Water quality management Water pollution control industry Economics Environmental management Australia
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