Assessing Contaminated Land Cleanup Costs and Strategies

Estimating Cleanup Costs for Oil Spills

The factors that affect cleanup cost are complex and interrelated. Each spill involves a unique set of circumstances that determine cleanup cost. Estimating a universal per-unit cleanup cost is essentially meaningless without taking into consideration factors such as location and oil type, which can profoundly influence costs. This paper examines the host of factors that impact cleanup cost in ...

Allocating cleanup costs at hazardous waste sites.

Research findings and strategies for assessing telemedicine costs.

With varying degrees of enthusiasm, researchers and decision-makers support the use of telemedicine. Forms of telemedicine are appearing in health-care delivery, and are often integral to transforming health-care information technology. Despite this, the appropriate role of telemedicine in the delivery process remains ambiguous, at least partly because of its uncertain impact on costs. Cost sav...

assessing metacognitive awareness and learning strategies as positive predictors in promoting l2 learners’ reading comprehension

the purpose of this thesis was to investigate how differently metacognitive, cognitive, and social/affective strategies affect l2 learners’ reading comprehension. to this end, the study employed a quasi-experimental design with a placement test as a proficiency test to find the homogeneity of groups. three classes were randomly selected as the experimental groups (n =90), and each class was tau...

Paying for Permanence: Public Preferences for Contaminated Site Cleanup By

We use conjoint choice questions to investigate people’s preferences for income and reductions in mortality risks delivered by contaminated site remediation policies. Our survey is self-administered using the computer by residents of four cities in Italy with severely contaminated sites. We estimate the Value of a Statistical Life to be about €5-6 million for an immediate risk reduction. If the...