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A cost-efficiency and health benefit approach to improve urban air quality

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dc.contributor.authorMiranda, A.I.
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, J.
dc.contributor.authorSilveira, C.
dc.contributor.authorRelvas, H.
dc.contributor.authorDuque, L.
dc.contributor.authorRoebeling, P.
dc.contributor.authorLopes, M.
dc.contributor.authorCosta, S.
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, A.
dc.contributor.authorGama, C.
dc.contributor.authorSá, E.
dc.contributor.authorBorrego, C.
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, J.P.
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-28T14:36:11Z
dc.date.available2020-06-25T00:30:10Z
dc.date.issued2016-11-01
dc.description.abstractWhen ambient air quality standards established in the EU Directive 2008/50/EC are exceeded, Member States are obliged to develop and implement Air Quality Plans (AQP) to improve air quality and health. Notwithstanding the achievements in emission reductions and air quality improvement, additional efforts need to be undertaken to improve air quality in a sustainable way - i.e. through a cost-efficiency approach. This work was developed in the scope of the recently concluded MAPLIA project "Moving from Air Pollution to Local Integrated Assessment", and focuses on the definition and assessment of emission abatement measures and their associated costs, air quality and health impacts and benefits by means of air quality modelling tools, health impact functions and cost-efficiency analysis. The MAPLIA system was applied to the Grande Porto urban area (Portugal), addressing PM10 and NOx as the most important pollutants in the region. Four different measures to reduce PM10 and NOx emissions were defined and characterized in terms of emissions and implementation costs, and combined into 15 emission scenarios, simulated by the TAPM air quality modelling tool. Air pollutant concentration fields were then used to estimate health benefits in terms of avoided costs (external costs), using dose-response health impact functions. Results revealed that, among the 15 scenarios analysed, the scenario including all 4 measures lead to a total net benefit of 0.3M€·y(-1). The largest net benefit is obtained for the scenario considering the conversion of 50% of open fire places into heat recovery wood stoves. Although the implementation costs of this measure are high, the benefits outweigh the costs. Research outcomes confirm that the MAPLIA system is useful for policy decision support on air quality improvement strategies, and could be applied to other urban areas where AQP need to be implemented and monitored.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors acknowledge the financial support of FEDER through the COMPETE Programme and the national funds from FCT – Science and Technology Portuguese Foundation - within projects PEst-C/MAR/LA0017/2013 and UID/AMB/50017/2013, for the MAPLIA Project (PTDC/AAG-MAA/4077/2012), the post doc grant of J. Ferreira (SFRH/BPD/100346/2014), and the PhD grants of H. Relvas (SFRH/BD/101660/2014), C. Gama (SFRH/BD/87468/2012) and C. Silveira SFRH/BD/112343/2015).pt_PT
dc.identifier.citationSci Total Environ. 2016 Nov 1;569-570:342-51. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.102. Epub 2016 Jun 24pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.102pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/4068
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relationMoving from Air Pollution to Local Integrated Assessment
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896971631275Xpt_PT
dc.subjectEmission Abatement Measurespt_PT
dc.subjectAir Quality Modellingpt_PT
dc.subjectHealth Impact Functionspt_PT
dc.subjectCost-benefit Analysispt_PT
dc.subjectAr e Saúde Ocupacionalpt_PT
dc.titleA cost-efficiency and health benefit approach to improve urban air qualitypt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleMoving from Air Pollution to Local Integrated Assessment
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oaire.citation.endPage351pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage342pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleScience of the Total Environmentpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume569-570pt_PT
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