Economic assessment of environmental pollution damages caused by industry on agriculture: The case of samsun fertilizer (TUGSAS) and Karadeniz Copper (KBI) Industries Sanayinin neden oldugu cevre kirliliginin tarima verdigi zararlarin degerinin bicilmesi: Samsun gubre (TUGSAS) ve karadeniz bakir (KBI) sanayileri ornegi

TANRIVERMİŞ H., Mulayim G.

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, vol.23, no.3, pp.337-345, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 1999
  • Journal Name: Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.337-345
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this study, to assess the environmental pollution damages to agriculture the case of TUGSAS and KBI industries were chosen. For this aim, change-in-productivity, preventive/defensive expenditures and contingent approaches are applied to the selected case for assessing the pollution damage. The result indicates that the value of pollution damages to major agricultural crops in 1994 are estimated as 70.8 billion TL in Tekkekoy region. It has been determined that there is an inverse relationship between the crop losses ratio and the distance from the pollution sources. The minimum value of damages to environment caused by TUGSAS and KBI is estimated as 62.4 billion TL/year by defensive approach. The damages caused by TUGSAS and KBI on agriculture in this region are determined as 107.6 billion TL by the contingent valuation method.