Local impact of air pollution: Lessons from recent practices in economics and in public policies in the transport sector

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2475-2482

  Nicolas, Jean Pierre ^a   Duprez, Fabien ^b   Durand, Sandrine ^a   Poisson, Fabrice ^c   Aubert, Pierre Louis ^a   Chiron, Mireille ^c   Crozet, Yves ^a   Lambert, Jacques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CERTU   (France)

^c UMR Epidemiol Transp Travail E   (France)

Author keywords

Economic valuation; External costs; International comparison; Local air pollution; Official values; Public decision

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTION CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY;

ECONOMIC FIELDS; ECONOMIC VALUATION; TRANSPORT SECTORS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

AIR POLLUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FRANCE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 17844398551     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.09.089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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