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Assessment of health benefits related to air quality improvement strategies in urban areas: An Impact Pathway Approach

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dc.contributor.authorSilveira, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorRoebeling, Peter
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Myriam
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Joana
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Solange
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, João Paulo
dc.contributor.authorBorrego, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorMiranda, Ana I.
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-21T14:26:35Z
dc.date.available2020-09-16T00:30:09Z
dc.date.issued2016-09-15
dc.description.abstractAir pollution is, increasingly, a concern to our society given the threats to human health and the environment. Concerted actions to improve air quality have been taken at different levels, such as through the development of Air Quality Plans (AQPs). However, air quality impacts associated with the implementation of abatement measures included in AQPs are often neglected. In order to identify the major gaps and strengths in current knowledge, a literature review has been performed on existing methodologies to estimate air pollution-related health impacts and subsequent external costs. Based on this review, the Impact Pathway Approach was adopted and applied within the context of the MAPLIA research project to assess the health impacts and benefits (or avoided external costs) derived from improvements in air quality. Seven emission abatement scenarios, based on individual and combined abatement measures, were tested for the major activity sectors (traffic, residential and industrial combustion and production processes) of a Portuguese urban area (Grande Porto) with severe particular matter (PM10) air pollution problems. Results revealed a strong positive correlation between population density and health benefits obtained from the assessed reduction scenarios. As a consequence, potential health benefits from reduction scenarios are largest in densely populated areas with high anthropic activity and, thus, where air pollution problems are most alarming. Implementation of all measures resulted in a reduction in PM10 emissions by almost 8%, improving air quality by about 1% and contributing to a benefit of 8.8 million V/year for the entire study domain. The introduction of PM10 reduction technologies in industrial units was the most beneficial abatement measure. This study intends to contribute to policy support for decision-making on air quality management.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of FEDER through the COMPETE Programme and the national funds from FCT e Science and Technology Portuguese Foundation within project PEsteC/MAR/LA0017/2013 for the MAPLIA Project (PTDC/AAGeMAA/4077/2012), and also the doc grant of C. Silveira (SFRH/BD/112343/2015) and the post-doc grant of J. Ferreira (SFRH/BPD/ 100346/2014).pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationJ Environ Manage. 2016 Dec 1;183(Pt 3):694-702. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.08.079. Epub 2016 Sep 15.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.08.079pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0301-4797
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/4334
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevier/Academic Presspt_PT
dc.relationMoving from Air Pollution to Local Integrated Assessment
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479716306454pt_PT
dc.subjectAir Pollutionpt_PT
dc.subjectEmission Abatement Measurespt_PT
dc.subjectAir Quality Improvementpt_PT
dc.subjectHealth Impactspt_PT
dc.subjectAvoided External Costspt_PT
dc.subjectAr e Saúde Ocupacionalpt_PT
dc.titleAssessment of health benefits related to air quality improvement strategies in urban areas: An Impact Pathway Approachpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleMoving from Air Pollution to Local Integrated Assessment
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oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/PTDC%2FAAG-MAA%2F4077%2F2012/PT
oaire.citation.endPage702pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage694pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Environmental Managementpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume183(Pt 3)pt_PT
oaire.fundingStreamCOMPETE
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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