Analysis of residents' willingness to pay to reduce air pollution to improve children's health in community and hospital settings in Shanghai, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 533, Issue , 2015, Pages 283-289

  Wang, Keran ^a   Wu, Jinyi ^a   Wang, Rui ^a   Yang, Yingying ^a   Chen, Renjie ^a   Maddock, Jay E ^b   Lu, Yuanan ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Child health; Shanghai; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH; HOSPITALS; POLLUTION; RESOURCE VALUATION;

AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; CONTINGENT VALUATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW; FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS; SHANGHAI; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EDUCATION;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHINA; COMMUNITY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; AIR POLLUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; TAX;

AIR POLLUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCOME; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAXES;

EID: 84936852140     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.140     Document Type: Article

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