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Putting a price on deaths from vehicle pollution

Outdoor air pollution kills more than three million people each year. “We can now estimate the cost of air pollution for the advanced and emerging economies of the world, including China and India,” says Rana Roy, consulting economist for the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and the WHO, speaking at Bocconi University in Italy. Roy, an expert on social ...

Feb. 3, 2015

By SciDev.Net

Inversions and air pollution in Istanbul

Owing to the rapidly growing and inefficient usage of fuel, air pollution has increased in Istanbul. The levels are affected by the weak dispersion conditions in the city. The strength of the inversion can be explained by the temperature difference between the top and bottom boundaries and their height. In this study, nighttime surface inversion heights have been found to range between 84 m and ...

Sep. 15, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

Happiness and air pollution: evidence from 14 European countries

The causal relationship between happiness and air pollution is examined using a sample of 14 European countries. Two sets of results are presented using the notion of Granger causality. For individual countries, the existence of a unidirectional or bidirectional causal structure for almost half of the countries can be observed. The panel approach, on the other hand, provides some support for the ...

Jan. 22, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

Daily air pollution time series analysis of Isfahan City

Different time series analysis of daily air pollution of Isfahan city were performed in this study. Descriptive analysis showed different long-term variation of daily air pollution. High persistence in daily air pollution time series were identified using autocorrelation function except for SO2 which seemed to be short memory. Standardized air pollution index (SAPI) time series were also ...

Oct. 1, 2005

By Center for Environment and Energy Research & Studies (CEERS)

Policies to cope with air pollution in Europe: the Auto-oil Programme in the case of Athens

Air pollution is one of the most crucial current environmental problems, especially in urban areas. To confront air pollution, the European Union has implemented several policies and programmes. Among these, the Auto-oil Programme is a cost-effective framework which involves all relevant actors (car-makers, oil industries, governments, local authorities, etc.) in concerted action. Athens faces a ...

Jan. 26, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

History of Air Pollution in the UK

Introduction Concern about urban air quality is not new. Complaints were recorded in the 13th century when coal was first used in London. Since the middle of the 19th century, the atmosphere of the major British cities was regularly polluted by coal smoke in winter, giving rise to an infamous mixture of fog and smoke known as smog. Today the emphasis has shifted from the pollution problems ...

Jul. 16, 2015

By Enviro Technology Services Ltd

History of Air Pollution in the UK

Concern about urban air quality is not new. Complaints were recorded in the 13th century when coal was first used in London. Since the middle of the 19th century, the atmosphere of the major British cities was regularly polluted by coal smoke in winter, giving rise to an infamous mixture of fog and smoke known as smog. Today the emphasis has shifted from the pollution problems caused by industry ...

Jul. 16, 2015

By Enviro Technology Services Ltd

Economic Valuation of Premature Mortality and Morbidity

The air in Tehran is one of the most polluted airs in the entire world. Because of the air pollution in the Great Tehran area, morbidity, mortality and symptoms emerge. This study has been conducted for the first time in Iran. According to this study the total annual direct medical costs of morbidity estimated at US$ 3258255.48.Our work also led to the estimation of an income elasticity ...

Mar. 1, 2007

By University of Tehran

Study of the pollution exchange between Bulgaria and northern Greece

The present work aims at a detailed study and explanation of the pollution transport in the air basin over south-western Bulgaria and northern Greece and assessment of the air pollution exchange between Bulgaria and Greece. Some well-known specific climatic air pollution effects were studied and explained. Calculations were made of the SO2 pollution of the Balkan Peninsula from both Greek and ...

Oct. 14, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Research on the economic consequences of the health effects of air pollution in the UK: its methodological, meta-analytical and innovative aspects

Epidemiological research has identified that there exists a correlation between days of high air pollution and the timing of death for large numbers of individuals. Before economic values can be attached to these impacts, however, greater information is required on the extent of life lost and the socio-economic characteristics of those at greatest risk. It may be more fruitful to base willingness ...

Feb. 4, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Clean Air Matters!

New research presents facts about the consequenses of polluted air, and PM2.5 in particular. Air pollution is causing 5 millions of premature deaths per year according to scientists. This means that 5 in 100 persons will die due to air pollution. ...

Mar. 10, 2016

By Opsis AB

Air pollution and health: Do popular portrayals reflect the scientific evidence?

Environmentalists, regulators, health scientists, and journalists are the main purveyors of information on air pollution health risks. Unfortunately, these groups create the appearance that harm from air pollution is much greater and more certain than suggested by the underlying evidence. The incentives in air pollution health research encourage risk exaggeration, because information purveyors ...

May 1, 2006

By Blue Sky Consulting Group

Air quality and ancillary benefits of climate change policies

The Thematic Strategy on air pollution aims to improve European air pollution significantly by 2020. This report from the European Environment Agency looks a further ten years into the future, and brings together two major policy challenges — combating climate change and reducing air pollution in an integrated way. Thus, the report analyses projected changes in European air quality up to 2030, ...

Apr. 1, 2006

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Nucleoplasmatic index in meristematic cells of maize (Zea mays L.) as a tool in environmental bioindication

Test plants of maize (Zea mays L.) were exposed in pot experiments to air pollution at different locations in Slovenia for one vegetation period. Root tips were collected from the field after the period of four months. Digital image analysis was made, and a nucleoplasmatic index was calculated from the meristematic root tip cells of different test plants. Statistical evaluation of data ...

Nov. 8, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

Economic impacts of urban air pollution: valuation for Mumbai, India

Urban air pollution is on the rise in many cities of the world. There are associated health impacts that affect urban residents, especially the poor. By doing economic valuation, it is possible to draw the attention of citizens, policy-makers and, of course, researchers to the extent of damage and the value of it. In this paper, such a valuation is done using time-series data for the suburb of ...

May 11, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Air pollution modelling, sensitivity analysis and parallel implementation

A new approach for Sensitivity Analysis (SA) in the field of air pollution modelling is proposed and applied to the Unified Danish Eulerian Model (UNI-DEM), a large-scale air pollution model. The SA requires numerous model experiments with different values of the studied parameters. By simultaneous variation of these parameters we produce a set of multidimensional discrete functions. These huge ...

Sep. 19, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

Estimating the benefits of clean air contingent valuation and hedonic price methods

This study deals with the estimation of willingness to pay for a 50% reduction of air pollution caused by road traffic in Rabat-Sale (Morocco) using contingent valuation and hedonic price methods. In the CVM, two techniques are employed. These are iterative bidding and dichotomous choice. Both empirical analyses are based on the same set of individuals. This strategy enables us to compare the ...

Feb. 10, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Book Review: Earth Under Siege. From Air Pollution to Global Change

Earth Under Siege. From Air Pollution to Global Change, by Richard P. Turco. Oxford University Press, 2002. 530pp. ISBN 0-19-514274-8Keywords: book ...

Jul. 31, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers

The impact of economic growth and international environmental treaties on the environment in transition economies

Environmental quality and economic development are often thought to be causally linked. This paper empirically examines the impact of economic growth and international environmental treaties on air pollution emissions in several transition countries using panel data analysis. The results indicate that economic growth, proxied by the conventional input factors of production, total labour force and ...

May 23, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

Air quality and ancillary benefits of climate change policies

Action to combat climate change will deliver considerable ancillary benefits in air pollution abatement by 2030. The ancillary benefits will be: • lower overall costs of controlling air pollutant emissions in the order of EUR 10 billion per year; • reduced air pollutant emissions, leading to a fall in damage to public health (e.g. more than 20 000 fewer premature deaths/year) and ...

Feb. 1, 2006

By European Environment Agency (EEA)