Valuing the Health Benefits of Clean Air

Hall, Jennifer; Winer, Arthur M.; Kleinman, Michael T.; Lurmann, Frederick; Brajer, Victor; Colome, Steven D.

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“…Epidemiologic and physiologic studies over the past two decades in urban areas of industrialized countries have resulted in significant progress in identifying and quantifying the health impacts of outdoor (ambient) particulate matter (14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24). These results however, are applicable to a small range of exposures, generally below 200 µg/m 3 , which are primarily of concern in industrialized countries (12).…”

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Quantifying the effects of exposure to indoor air pollution from biomass combustion on acute respiratory infections in developing countries.

Ezzati

Kammen

2001

Environ Health Perspect

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Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are the leading cause of burden of disease worldwide and have been causally linked with exposure to pollutants from domestic biomass fuels in developing countries. We used longitudinal health data coupled with detailed monitoring and estimation of personal exposure from more than 2 years of field measurements in rural Kenya to estimate the exposure-response relationship for particulates < 10 microm diameter (PM(10)) generated from biomass combustion. Acute respiratory infections and acute lower respiratory infections are concave, increasing functions of average daily exposure to PM(10), with the rate of increase declining for exposures above approximately 1,000-2,000 microg/m(3). This first estimation of the exposure-response relationship for the high-exposure levels characteristic of developing countries has immediate and important consequences for international public health policies, energy and combustion research, and technology transfer efforts that affect more than 2 billion people worldwide.

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Quantifying the effects of exposure to indoor air pollution from biomass combustion on acute respiratory infections in developing countries.

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Kammen

2001

Environ Health Perspect

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“…The differences between the estimates of McCubbin and 1999), and those made by Krupnick and Portney (1991), Hall et al (1992), and Small and Kazimi (1995), can be explained largely by different assumptions regarding the number of deaths attributable to PM pollution, and the value of those deaths. For the value of a statistical life, Hall et al (1992) assume a range of US$ 1Ð8 to US$ 9Ð2 million, Small and Kazimi (1995) a range of US$ 2Ð0 to US$ 11Ð0 million, and Krupnick and Portney (1991) a value of US$ 1Ð0 million (on the presumption that air pollution kills old and sick person with a low value of life).…”

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“…For the value of a statistical life, Hall et al (1992) assume a range of US$ 1Ð8 to US$ 9Ð2 million, Small and Kazimi (1995) a range of US$ 2Ð0 to US$ 11Ð0 million, and Krupnick and Portney (1991) a value of US$ 1Ð0 million (on the presumption that air pollution kills old and sick person with a low value of life). In a survey of 26 studies (21 labor market studies, 5 contingent valuation studies), the USEPA found that the average value of a statistical life was US$ 4Ð8 million in 1990 dollars (USEPA, 1999).…”

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“…Email: madelucchi@ucdavis.edu and technologies, interest groups and legislators argue a great deal about what the standards should be, or whether we should complement or replace the standards with other approaches, such as emission pricing or emission trading. In order to evaluate and compare air quality standards, emission controls, new technologies (such as electric vehicles), and planning and pricing policies, economists sometimes analyze the relevant social costs and benefits, on the presumption that one should not adopt standards, controls, technologies, or policies whose social costs exceed social benefits (Schwing et al, 1980;Krupnick and Portney, 1991;Hall et al, 1992;Mayeres et al, 1996;USEPA, 1997;Kazimi, 1997;Borger and Wouters, 1998;Romilly, 1999;Johnston and Rodier, 1999;Funk and Rabl, 1999).…”

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The health and visibility cost of air pollution: a comparison of estimation methods

Delucchi

Murphy

McCubbin

2002

Journal of Environmental Management

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the health and visibility costs of air pollution derived from a meta-hedonic price analysis, with an estimate of health costs derived from a damage-function analysis and an estimate of the visibility cost derived from contingent valuation. We find that the meta-hedonic price analysis produces an estimate of the health cost that lies at the low end of the range of damage-function estimates. This is consistent with hypotheses that on the one hand, hedonic price analysis does not capture all of the health costs of air pollution (because individuals may not be fully informed about all of the health effects), and that on the other hand, the value of mortality used in the high-end damage function estimates is too high. The analysis of the visibility cost of air pollution derived from a meta-hedonic price analysis

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“…The removal of particles from ambient air generates an economic benefit, related to increased well-being and reduced sickness due to air pollution (Hall et al 1992). Health impacts of air pollution occur as a function of long-term exposure, and there is still significant uncertainty regarding these effects (Kunzli et al 2000).…”

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Economic Benefits Generated by Protected Areas: the Case of the Hoge Veluwe Forest, the Netherlands

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2011

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ABSTRACT. Eliciting the economic benefits provided by protected areas is important in order to ensure that they are properly considered in policy and decision making. There are relatively few studies that provide a comprehensive overview of the economic benefits provided by European forest ecosystems, in spite of the large share of forests in the protected area system in most countries. An economic valuation of the ecosystem services supplied by the Hoge Veluwe forest in the Netherlands is presented. The Hoge Veluwe forest is one of the largest and most well-known protected areas in the country. The services included in the study are wood production, supply of game, groundwater recharge, carbon sequestration, air filtration, recreation, and nature conservation. A conservative estimate of the total economic benefits generated by the forest is around 2000 Euro/ha/year, which is more than three times higher than the per hectare-value generated by nearby agricultural land. The study provides an analysis of the economic value of eight ecosystem services, discusses the uncertainties of the value estimates, and examines the implications for financing protected area management.

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Valuing the Health Benefits of Clean Air

Cited by 178 publications

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Quantifying the effects of exposure to indoor air pollution from biomass combustion on acute respiratory infections in developing countries.

Quantifying the effects of exposure to indoor air pollution from biomass combustion on acute respiratory infections in developing countries.

The health and visibility cost of air pollution: a comparison of estimation methods

Economic Benefits Generated by Protected Areas: the Case of the Hoge Veluwe Forest, the Netherlands

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