Environmental damage costs from airborne pollution of industrial activities in the greater Athens, Greece area and the resulting benefits from the introduction of BAT

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-56

  Mirasgedis, S ^a   Hontou, V ^a   Georgopoulou, E ^a   Sarafidis, Y ^a   Gakis, N ^a   Lalas, D P ^a   Loukatos, A ^b   Gargoulas, N ^b   Mentzis, A ^b   Economidis, D ^c   Triantafilopoulos, T ^c   Korizi, K ^c   Mavrotas, G ^d  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b EPEM SA   (Greece)

^c LDK Ltd   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; BAT; External cost; Industrial activities

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GAS EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION POLICY;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 37449034067     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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