Health Effect Valuation of Ground-Level Ozone Control in Beijing and its Surrounding Areas, China

Abstract:

Ground-level ozone pollution has attracted attention from academia and public in China recent years. This paper examines the effect and benefit of controlling ground-level ozone pollution in Beijing and its surrounding areas based on health effect valuation and cost-benefit analysis. It compares pollution damage effects under current ozone concentration and six assuming control targets then estimates the health benefit of air quality improvement by cost-benefit analysis. The result shows that, the benefit of ground-level ozone control is considerably huge for the high population density and pollution concentration area which implies the ground-level ozone pollution control policy implementation is necessary and urgent.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 356-360)
• Pages: 585-589
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.356-360.585
• Online since: October 2011
• Authors: Wei Wan, Xu Xuan Xie, Shi Qiu Zhang
• Keywords: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Ground-Level Ozone, Health Effect Valuation, Pollution Control

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