Valuation of Urban Air Pollution: A Case Study of Kanpur City in India

This study estimates the monetary benefits to individuals from health damages avoided if air pollution is reduced in the urban industrial city of Kanpur in India. A notable feature of this study is that it uses data from weekly health-diaries collected for three seasons. For measuring monetary benef...

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Published in:Environmental & resource economics 2008-11, Vol.41 (3), p.315-326
Main Author: Gupta, Usha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
Air pollution effects
Case studies
Cities
Developing countries
Economic Policy
Economics
Economics and Finance
Environmental Economics
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
Environmental Management
Estimates
Expenditures
Health damages
Health production function
Health-diary
Households
India
India, Uttar Pradesh, Unnao Dist., Kanpur
LDCs
Mitigating activities
mitigation
Outdoor air quality
Panel data
Pollutants
Pollution control
Pollution effects
Population
Power plants
Production functions
Q1
Q3
Side effects
Studies
Urban areas
Valuation
Willingness to pay
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Summary:This study estimates the monetary benefits to individuals from health damages avoided if air pollution is reduced in the urban industrial city of Kanpur in India. A notable feature of this study is that it uses data from weekly health-diaries collected for three seasons. For measuring monetary benefits, the study considers two major components of health cost that is incurred due to adverse effects of air pollution on health i.e., the loss in wages due to workdays lost from work and the expenditure incurred on mitigating activities. The study estimates that a representative working individual from Kanpur would gain Rs. 165.47 per year if air pollution were reduced to a safe level. The extrapolated annual benefits for the entire population in the city are Rs. 224.55 million.
ISSN:0924-6460
1573-1502
DOI:10.1007/s10640-008-9193-0