Cost benefit analysis of European air quality targets for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and fine and suspended particulate matter in cities

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-351

  Olsthoorn, Xander ^c   Amann, Markus ^a   Bartonova, Alena ^b   Clench Aas, Jocelyne ^b   Cofala, Janusz ^a   Dorland, Kees ^c   Guerreiro, Cristina ^b   Henriksen, Jan Fr ^b   Jansen, Huib ^c   Larssen, Steinar ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Air quality; Cities; Cost benefit analysis; NO(x); PM10; SO2

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY STANDARDS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GAS EMISSIONS; HEALTH HAZARDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032737924     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008362631700     Document Type: Article

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