?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4875%2F&rft.title=An+Analysis+of+Clean+Air+Policies+in+Northrhine-Westfalia%3A+The+Case+of+Dust+and+Heavy+Metal+Emissions+Related+to+the+Iron+and+Steel+Industry&rft.creator=Schucht%2C+S.&rft.description=This+working+paper+describes+those+determinants+of+intrasectoral+change+within+the+iron+and+steel+production+sector+in+the+Ruhr+Area%2C+Northrhine-Westfalia+(NRW)%2C+which+have+contributed+to+the+reduction+of+atmospheric+heavy+metal+emissions+since+the+early+seventies%2C+as+well+as+the+driving+forces+behind+these+intrasectoral+changes.+The+aim+of+this+paper+is+a+description%2C+as+well+as+an+assessment%2C+of+key+elements+of+atmospheric+point+source+and+diffuse+emission+reduction+policies+related+to+the+iron+and+steel+industry.+It+constitutes+part+of+the+Rhine%2FBlack+Triangle+Policy+Comparison+Study+at+IIASA.+%0D%0A%0D%0AIntrasectoral+changes+pertaining+to+the+reduction+of+atmospheric+heavy+metal+and+dust+emissions+are+shown+to+have+consisted%2C+firstly%2C+of+process+changes+whose+main+characteristics+were+a+replacement+of+older+crude+steel+production+processes%2C+reductions+and+changes+in+fuel+input+and+an+increased+recycling+of+residues.+The+second+most+important+development+was+the+application+of+gradually+improved+offgas+collection+and+cleaning+technologies.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThere+were+four+major+factors+behind+the+intrasectoral+change%3A+developments+in+legal+requirements%3B+financial+support+from+public+institutions%3B+economic+motivations+of+the+enterprises%3B+and+cooperative+approaches.&rft.publisher=WP-96-153&rft.date=1996-12&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4875%2F1%2FWP-96-153.pdf&rft.identifier=++Schucht%2C+S.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1559.html%3E++(1996).++An+Analysis+of+Clean+Air+Policies+in+Northrhine-Westfalia%3A+The+Case+of+Dust+and+Heavy+Metal+Emissions+Related+to+the+Iron+and+Steel+Industry.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-153+++++