Measuring the gains from improved air quality in the San Joaquin Valley
| Autor: | Frederick Lurmann, Jane V. Hall, Victor Brajer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Pollution Environmental Engineering Adolescent Natural resource economics media_common.quotation_subject Population Air pollution Management Monitoring Policy and Law medicine.disease_cause California Environmental protection Economic cost Urbanization Environmental monitoring medicine Humans Child education Waste Management and Disposal Air quality index media_common Air Pollutants education.field_of_study Infant Environmental Exposure General Medicine Middle Aged Child Preschool Environmental science San Joaquin |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Management. 88:1003-1015 |
| ISSN: | 0301-4797 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.05.002 |
| Popis: | Many regions worldwide are experiencing rapid urbanization, and often along with growth in the local economy and population comes worsening air quality. Such regions typically find that addressing the additional challenge of polluted air is difficult. This paper reports the results of an assessment of the present health and related economic costs of poor air quality in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Further, it suggests how such assessments can support strategies to pursue pollution reductions that offer the largest near-term gains, by rigorously modeling the associations between pollution levels, demographic groups, and recognized adverse health effects. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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