Pro-equity Effects of Ancillary Benefits of Climate Change Policies: A Case Study of Human Health Impacts of Outdoor Air Pollution in New Delhi

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1002-1025

  Garg, Amit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Ancillary benefits; CO2 mitigation; Equity; Human health impacts; Particulate emissions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

DELHI; INDIA; NEW DELHI;

EID: 79956110769     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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