Tanneries in Kanpur and Pollution in the Ganges: A Theoretical Analysis

A Theoretical Analysis of Costs, Waste Treatment, Pollution in the Ganges, and Leather Production by Tanneries in Kanpur, India

“…In this regard, the particular question of how best to manage polluting tanneries in Kanpur when the water pollution they cause negatively impacts small farmers has been analyzed by Batabyal et al (2022b). Finally and more generally, pollution in the Ganges stemming from the activities of tanneries in Kanpur has been examined by Batabyal (2022).…”

“…In Batabyal (2022) and in Batabyal et al (2022a), water pollution in the Ganges caused by an upstream tannery negatively influences the downstream tannery's ability to produce leather.…”

“…To the best of our knowledge, the extant literature has not analyzed the two points mentioned in the preceding paragraph. Given this lacuna in the literature, we extend the analyses in Batabyal (2022) and Batabyal et al (2022a) by constructing and analyzing a theoretical model that explicitly accounts for the above-mentioned two points about water pollution in the Ganges that results from the production of leather by tanneries in Kanpur. The problem we study has broader implications for the sustainability of urban life as studied by Nijkamp (2011).…”