International Expert Workshop on the Analysis of Economic and Public Health Impacts of Air Pollution
September 6, 2001
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
BACKGROUND PAPERS
US Environmental Protection Agency's Integrated Environmental Strategies Program:
Integrated Environmental Strategies Web Page
Program Overview:
IES Fact Sheet (119k pdf)
Recent Publications:
Schwengels, P., C. Green, M. Frazier and S. Brant. 2001. "Preview of A&WMA's Third Urban Forum: EPA Program Focuses on Integrated Strategies for Air Pollution and GHG Mitigation." (90k pdf) EM. May, 2001: 10-12.
Cifuentes, L., V.H. Borja-Aburto, N. Gouveia, G. Thurston, and D.L. Davis. 2001. "Hidden Health Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation." (257k pdf) Science. 293(August 17, 2001):1258-9.
Cifuentes, L., V.H. Borja-Aburto, N. Gouveia, G. Thurston, and D.L. Davis. 2001. "Assessing the Health Benefits of Urban Air Pollution Reductions Associated with Climate Change Mitigation (2000-2020): Santiago, São Paulo, México City, and New York City." (2548k pdf) Environmental Health Perspectives. 109(Supplement 3):419-25.
Laitner, J.A. 2001. "Energy Efficiency Investments: A Dynamic Link Between Environmental Quality and Positive Job Benefits for South Africa." (156k pdf) Presented at Conference on Domestic Use of Energy, April 10-12, 2001, Cape Town, South Africa.
World Bank:
World Bank. 2001. Health, Environment, and Development. Washington, DC.
General:
UN/ECE Symposium on the Measurement and Economics Valuation of the Health Effects of Air Pollution
The Costs and Benefits of the Clean Air Act: 1990 to 2010
The Heavy Duty Engine/Diesel Fuel Regulatory Impact Analysis
EPA Science Advisory Board
Joint EPA/SAB Workshop on Benefits of Reductions in Exposure to Hazardous Air Pollutants: Developing Best Estimates of Dose-Response Functions
General Accounting Office Report on Use of Precautionary Assumptions in Health Risk Assessments and Benefits Estimates
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
Estimating Public Health Impacts of Criteria Pollutant Air Emissions from the Salem Harbor and Brayton Point Power Plants
FERET:
a software template for risk and economic analysis of criteria air pollution impacts. Read Ch19 titled "Facilitating Regulatory Design and Stakeholder Participation".
Ancillary Benefits and Costs of GHG Mitigation: Policy Conclusions.
17 April, 2002, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Working Group on Public Health and Fossil-Fuel Combustion.
Short-Term Improvements in Public Health From Global-Climate Policies on Fossil-Fuel Combustion: an Interim Report. 350(9088):1341.
Biologic Markers of Air-Pollution Stress and Damage in Forests. (1989)