Journal
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 88, Issue 4, Pages 1003-1015Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.05.002
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air pollution; health effects; control strategies; economic costs; benefit maximization
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- William Lind Flora Hewlett Foundation
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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 all assessment of the present health and related economic costs of poor air quality 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. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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