Open AccessMethodology for the economic estimation of the environmental damages caused by land, soil and air pollution in Kenya: a review of previously used methods
Author(s) -
Martin Mamboleo,
M. Molina Martín
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskogo universiteta družby narodov. seriâ èkologiâ i bezopasnostʹ žiznedeâtelʹnosti
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-8919
pISSN - 2313-2310
DOI - 10.22363/2313-2310-2021-29-1-112-120
Subject(s) - damages , environmental planning , compensation (psychology) , business , environmental pollution , estimation , payment , natural resource economics , pollution , environmental resource management , environmental science , air pollution , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental protection , economics , ecology , law , biology , psychology , management , finance , political science , psychoanalysis
Environmental compensation is a form of payment for pollution of nature and the environment and the destruction of land, plants or animals. One of the challenges in ensuring waste management in Kenya is how to measure the negative effect of industrial activities and waste on the environment, economy, and human health. Although the amount of compensation should be established on the basis of the environmental-economic assessment of the appropriate environment, it should also be sufficient to implement measures aimed at restoring, reproducing and improving this environment. Kenya has not yet developed a clear legal framework for compensation for environmental damage even through it has a clear and elaborate Environmental Management and Coordination Act for the protection of the environment. Previous studies on the cost of environmental damage in Kenya have successfully used two methodologies: emergency costs and soil, air, and water pollution. This works examines the essence of these methods, as well as the possibility of their application in assessing the cost of damage to the environment as a result of human economic activity.