Superfund

Superfund

Author: John B. Stephenson

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011-02

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 1437931510

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In the 1990s, creosote was discovered under a residential neighborhood in Manville, NJ. Creosote, a mixture of chemicals, is used to preserve wood products. Creosote may cause cancer. Creosote from a former wood-treatment facility had contaminated soil and groundwater at the site. EPA worked with the Army Corps of Engineers to clean up the site. As of May 2009, total site costs were almost $340 million and remedial construction costs had exceeded original estimates. This report examined: (1) how EPA assessed risks and selected remedies for the site; (2) what factors contributed to the difference between the estimated and actual costs; and (3) how EPA and the Corps divided responsibilities for site work. This is a print on demand report.


Cost Engineering Analysis

Cost Engineering Analysis

Author: William R. Park

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Published: 1984-05-09

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13:

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A revision of the very successful first edition with all chapters thoroughly reviewed and updated. Presents a means of rapid, inexpensive financial comparison among a group of projects as well as the more mathematically sophisticated, popular, but not necessarily accurate methods. The chapter on depreciation has been rewritten to reflect new tax laws. Discusses the impact of interest rates and income tax considerations on project evaluation. Includes expanded use of small computers with practical BASIC programs for computing depreciation, cash flow, present value, and more.


Energy Research Abstracts

Energy Research Abstracts

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 906

ISBN-13:

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Semiannual, with semiannual and annual indexes. References to all scientific and technical literature coming from DOE, its laboratories, energy centers, and contractors. Includes all works deriving from DOE, other related government-sponsored information, and foreign nonnuclear information. Arranged under 39 categories, e.g., Biomedical sciences, basic studies; Biomedical sciences, applied studies; Health and safety; and Fusion energy. Entry gives bibliographical information and abstract. Corporate, author, subject, report number indexes.


Economic Evaluation in Education

Economic Evaluation in Education

Author: Henry M. Levin

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2017-06-15

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 148338179X

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The past decade has seen increased attention to cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis in education as administrators are being asked to accomplish more with the same or even fewer resources, philanthropists are keen to calculate their "return on investment" in social programs, and the general public is increasingly scrutinizing how resources are allocated to schools and colleges. Economic Evaluation in Education: Cost-Effectiveness and Benefit-Cost Analysis (titled Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Methods and Applications in its previous editions) is the only full-length book to provide readers with the step-by-step methods they need to plan and implement a benefit-cost analysis in education. Authors Henry M. Levin, Patrick J. McEwan, Clive Belfield, Alyshia Brooks Bowden, and Robert Shand examine a range of issues, including how to identify, measure, and distribute costs; how to measure effectiveness, utility, and benefits; and how to incorporate cost evaluations into the decision-making process. The updates to the Third Edition reflect the considerable methodological development in the evaluation literature, and the greater empiricism practiced by education researchers, to help readers learn to apply more advanced methods to their own analyses.