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The economic benefits of fulfilling the World Health Organization’s limits for particulates: A case study in Algeciras Bay (Spain)

dc.contributor.authorRomán-Collado R.
dc.contributor.authorJiménez de Reyna J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-02T22:27:29Z
dc.date.available2020-09-02T22:27:29Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier10.1080/10962247.2018.1544178
dc.identifier.citation69, 4, 438-449
dc.identifier.issn10962247
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12728/6081
dc.descriptionAlgeciras Bay is an important industrial and port zone in the south of Spain whose pollution by particulate matter surpasses the threshold levels recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its 2005 Guide on Air Quality. This study analyses the mortality avoided and the economic benefit which would be derived from a reduction of the pollution of PM2.5 and PM10 to the levels recommended by the WHO in Algeciras Bay in the period 2005-2015. The analysis carried out shows that the industrial zones, such as Los Barrios and San Roque, are those which have greater levels of pollution and in which the relative risk is greater. The calculations for Algeciras Bay between 2000 and 2015 show 182 deaths which would be avoided if the particulate matter pollution were reduced to the levels recommended by the WHO. Likewise, the economic valuation which this impact has on health is carried out through two concepts: the cost of illness and the Value of Statistical Life (VSL). The result shows that the economic benefit that would come out with the cost of illness valuation is 5,329,110€ and from the VSL is 414,787,113€. Implications: PM2.5 has a greater concentration in industrial localities and is linked to the industrial activity. When the particulate matter pollution is reduced to the levels recommended by the WHO in an industrialised area such as Algeciras (Spain), 182 deaths which would be avoided. The result shows that the economic benefit that would come out with the cost of illness valuation is 5,329,110€ and from the value of statistical life is 414,787,113€. © 2019, © 2019 A&WMA.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Inc.
dc.titleThe economic benefits of fulfilling the World Health Organization’s limits for particulates: A case study in Algeciras Bay (Spain)
dc.typeArticle


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