Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 24, Pages 3131-3138Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2016.1178332
Keywords
CGE; economic loss; PM2.5; health effects; exposure-response functions
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- National Social Sciences Foundation of China [15BTJ019]
- China Special Fund for Meteorological Research in the Public Interest [GYHY201506051]
- Institute of Climate Change and Public Policy, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology [14QHA020]
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Assessment of the health and economic impacts of PM2.5 pollution is of great importance for urban air pollution prevention and control. In this study, we evaluate the damage of PM2.5 pollution using Beijing as an example. First, we use exposure-response functions to estimate the adverse health effects due to PM2.5 pollution. Then, the corresponding labour loss and excess medical expenditure are computed as two conducting variables. Finally, different from the conventional valuation methods, this paper introduces the two conducting variables into the computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to assess the impacts on sectors and the whole economic system caused by PM2.5 pollution. The results show that, substantial health effects of the residents in Beijing from PM2.5 pollution occurred in 2013, including 20,043 premature deaths and about one million other related medical cases. Correspondingly, using the 2010 social accounting data, Beijing gross domestic product loss due to the health impact of PM2.5 pollution is estimated as 1286.97 (95% CI: 488.58-1936.33) million RMB. This demonstrates that PM2.5 pollution not only has adverse health effects, but also brings huge economic loss.
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