Morbidity costs associated with ambient air pollution exposure in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Developmental Biology

Ronaldo Seroa da Motta³  Ramon Arigoni Ortiz⁴  Alistair Hunt¹  Vivian MacKnight² 

[1] University of Bath – Department of Economics$$;Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – IE/COPPE/UFRJ$$;IPEA – Brazilian Research Institute for Applied Economics$$;BC3 – Basque Centre for Climate Change, Alameda Urquijo, 4 piso 4 Bilbao – Spain – 48008$$University of Bath – Department of Economics$$

关键词: Air pollution;    Morbidity;    Willingness to pay;   

DOI  :  10.5094/APR.2011.059

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Dokuz Eylul Universitesi * Department of Environmental Engineering

【 摘 要 】

In 2007 we conducted a contingent valuation survey in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to estimate the population's willingness–to–pay (WTP) to avoid one hospital admission (HA) and one emergency–room visit (ER) due to respiratory diseases in adults and children younger than 5 years old; and cardiovascular diseases in adults only; both associated with atmospheric air pollution. Our annual mean WTP estimates are €81.82 (adult) and €137.92 (child) for HA; €48.40 (adult) and €90.66 (child) for ER due to respiratory diseases; €53.57 (ER) and €90.08 (HA) for cardiovascular diseases. Our results suggest altruism towards children, and a strong income effect on WTP. Results will help analysts evaluating the health benefits of specific policies with potential air pollution impacts in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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