Atmospheric pollutants and air quality effects: Limitation costs and environmental advantages (a cost-benefit approach)

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1805-1813

  Panepinto, D ^a   Brizio, Enrico ^b   Genon, Giuseppe ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air quality; Best available techniques; Economic sustainability; Nitrogen oxides; Pollution treatment

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; BEST AVAILABLE TECHNIQUES; CONTAMINANT FLUX; ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; INCREASING COSTS; INVESTMENT COSTS; OPTIMAL INTERVENTION; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

AIR QUALITY;

EID: 84921068536     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-014-0727-6     Document Type: Article

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