External cost of coal based electricity generation: A tale of Ahmedabad city

Energy Policy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-265

  Mahapatra, Diptiranjan ^a   Shukla, Priyadarshi ^b   Dhar, Subash ^c  

^a Shantigram Township   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dose response and value of life; Electricity generation; External cost

Indexed keywords

COAL POWER PLANTS; DOSE RESPONSE; ECONOMIC RESOURCES; ECONOMIC VALUES; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION SYSTEM; EXTERNAL COSTS; GENERATING SYSTEM; HUMAN HEALTH; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MONETARY VALUE;

BUILDING MATERIALS; COAL; COSTS; CROPS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH; MINE POWER PLANTS;

COAL MINES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; CROP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GIS; HEALTH IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

AHMEDABAD; GANDHINAGAR; GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 84865588684     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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