The Cost of Air Pollution [electronic resource]: Health Impacts of Road Transport /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2014.
Outdoor air pollution kills more than 3 million people across the world every year, and causes health problems from asthma to heart disease for many more. This is costing societies very large amounts in terms of the value of lives lost and ill health. Based on extensive new epidemiological evidence since the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study, and OECD estimates of the Value of Statistical Life, this report provides evidence on the health impacts from air pollution and the related economic costs.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Foreword -- List of abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Defining the economic cost of health impacts -- Reviewing the evidence on and calculating the cost of the health impacts of air pollution -- Rethinking appraisals to mitigate the health impacts of air pollution from road transport.
Outdoor air pollution kills more than 3 million people across the world every year, and causes health problems from asthma to heart disease for many more. This is costing societies very large amounts in terms of the value of lives lost and ill health. Based on extensive new epidemiological evidence since the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study, and OECD estimates of the Value of Statistical Life, this report provides evidence on the health impacts from air pollution and the related economic costs.
Air
Transportation, Automotive.