This study estimates the monetary benefits to individuals from health damages avoided as a result on reductions in air pollution 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 — the loss in wages due to workdays lost and the expenditure incurred on mitigating activities. The study estimates that a representative individual from Kanpur would gain Rs 165 per year if air pollution was reduced to a safe level. The extrapolated annual benefits for the entire population in the city are Rs 213 million
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/valuation-urban-air-pollution-case-study-kanpur-city-india
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/usha-gupta
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/south-asian-network-development-and-environmental-economics-sandee
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kanpur-t
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-pradesh
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicular-pollution
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rspm-pm-10
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-quality-and-health
