Morocco : Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation

This report is the first step in a process toward using environmental damage cost assessments for priority setting and as an instrument for integrating environmental issues into economic and social development. The report provides estimates of damage cost for several areas of the environment: air, water, land and forests, and waste disposal. The estimates should be considered as orders of magnitude and a range is provided to indicate the level of uncertainty. As areas of priority are identified, further analysis will be required for more accurate estimates. Due to data limitations, the damage cost of environmental degradation has not been estimated in several areas: industrial, hazardous, and hospital waste disposal; unsanitary landfills; degradation of natural ecosystems and biodiversity; and groundwater resource degradation and over-extraction. In addition and due to the complexity of the problem, the report only partially captures damage resulting from soil degradation. The report points t the need to further assess and quantify current and potential future damage costs related to those impacts.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2003-06-30
Subjects:	AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, COST CONTROL, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER POLLUTION CONTROL, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, REPLACEMENT COSTS, AGRICULTURAL LAND DAMAGE, WATER POLLUTION HEALTH ASPECTS, SOIL DEGRADATION, DEFORESTATION, FOREST MANAGEMENT, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, WASTE DISPOSAL COSTS, WASTE DISPOSAL IN RIVERS & LAKES, WASTE DISPOSAL IN GROUND, WASTE DISPOSAL INTO SOIL, WASTE DISPOSAL INTO ATMOSPHERE, ACCIDENTAL POLLUTION, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, AIR POLLUTANTS, AIR POLLUTION, AIR QUALITY, AIR QUALITY DEGRADATION, AQUIFERS, BASINS, BIODIVERSITY, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, CHILD MORTALITY, CHROMIUM, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLEANER PRODUCTION, CLIMATE CHANGE, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL ZONES, COD, COMBUSTION, COMMUNITY ACTION, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CONTINGENT VALUATION, CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD, COPPER, CROP ROTATION, DEATHS, DEBT, DIESEL, DISCHARGE, DOWNSTREAM FLOWS, DRINKING WATER, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC SITUATION, ECONOMIC VALUE, ECOSYSTEM, EMISSIONS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, EPIDEMIOLOGY, EQUILIBRIUM, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, EXCHANGE RATE, FACTORIES, FAMILIES, FARMERS, FERTILIZERS, FISHING, GROUNDWATER, HAZARDOUS WASTE, HEALTH CONDITIONS, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEAVY METALS, HEDONIC PRICE, HIGH WATER, HOSPITAL WASTE, HYGIENE, INDOOR AIR, INDOOR AIR POLLUTION, INDUSTRIAL WASTE, INDUSTRIAL WASTES, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INTERVENTION, IRREVERSIBILITY, LAKES, LAND DEGRADATION, LAWS, LEGISLATION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVING CONDITIONS, MALNUTRITION, MIGRATION, MINES, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MPS, NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS, NATURAL RESOURCES, NITROGEN, NON-USE VALUES, OIL, OXYGEN, PARTICULATE MATTER, PESTICIDES, PHOSPHATE, POLLUTANTS, POLLUTION, POLLUTION CONTROL, POLLUTION REDUCTION, POPULATION GROWTH, POTABLE WATER, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PRECIPITATION, PREMATURE DEATH, PREMATURE MORTALITY, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUMPING, QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY OF WATER, RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES, RIVERS, SALINITY, SCIENCES, SEA, SEA WATER, SEDIMENTS, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOIL EROSION, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOILS, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, SULFUR, SULFUR DIOXIDE, SURFACE WATER, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TOXIC SUBSTANCES, TRAVEL COST METHOD, URBAN AIR POLLUTION, URBAN POLLUTION, USE VALUE, VICTIMS, WASTE, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WASTE TREATMENT, WASTEWATER, WATER DEMAND, WATER FLOWS, WATER LEVELS, WATER POLLUTION, WATER QUALITY, WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION, WATER RESOURCES, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SHORTAGE, WATER SHORTAGES, WATERFLOW, WATERS, WATERSHED, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT, WILLINGNESS TO PAY, WTP, ZINC AIR POLLUTION CONTROL,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/6315230/royaume-du-maroc-evaluation-du-cout-de-la-degradation-de-lenvironnement-morocco-cost-assessment-environmental-degradation https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14414
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