Willingness to pay to avoid health risks from road-traffic-related air pollution and noise across five countries

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 497-498, Issue , 2014, Pages 420-429

  Istamto, Tifanny ^a,b   Houthuijs, Danny ^b   Lebret, Erik ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Contingent valuation; Health risks; Noise; Traffic; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; NOISE POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE VALUATION; RISK PERCEPTION; ROADS AND STREETS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TRANSPORTATION;

AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS; CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; NOISE; RELATED VARIABLES; ROAD-TRAFFIC NOISE; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

HEALTH RISKS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HEALTH RISK; NOISE POLLUTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RISK PERCEPTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; NOISE; RISK;

EUROPE;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMANS; NOISE; RISK;

EID: 84906708108     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.110     Document Type: Article

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