Links between air quality and economic growth : implications for Pittsburgh / Shanthi Nataraj [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nataraj, Shanthi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air--Pollution--Economic aspects--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.

Air.

Air quality--Economic aspects--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.

Air quality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

RAND Corporation 2013

Santa Monica, California : RAND, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report assesses the evidence that exists for the ways in which local air quality could influence local economic growth through health and workforce issues, quality-of-life issues, or air-quality regulations and business operations. It then extrapolates some of the existing results to the Pittsburgh region.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Table; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Criteria Pollutants in the Pittsburgh Region; Hazardous Air Pollutants in the Pittsburgh Region; Aims of This Report; Chapter Two: Methodology; Literature Review and Synthesis; Limitations; Stakeholder Interviews; Limitations; Extrapolation of Health Benefit Estimates to the Pittsburgh Region; Concentration-Response Functions; Baseline Incidence Rates; Air Pollution Exposure; Affected Populations; Economic Valuation; Limitations

Extrapolation of Effects of Nonattainment Status to the Pittsburgh RegionNumber of Establishments; Employment and Output; Limitations; Chapter Three: Existing Evidence for Links Between Local Air Quality and Economic Growth; Links from Air Quality to Health and to Workforce Productivity; Air Quality and Health; Air Quality-Related Health Outcomes and Growth; Links from Air Quality to Quality of Life and Location Decisions; Air Quality and Quality of Life; Air Quality and Location Decisions; Local Air Quality, Air Quality Regulations, and Business Operations; Firm Location Decisions

Cost and ProductivityEmployment; Chapter Four: Extrapolating Existing Evidence to Pittsburgh; Analysis of Key Health Endpoints; Detailed Analysis of Work-Loss and School-Loss Days; Nonattainment Status and Industry Outcomes; Establishments; Employment and Output; Chapter Five: Conclusions; Appendixes; A. Summary of Included Literature; B. Interview Protocol; C. Site Selection Process; D. Detailed Health Benefit Estimates; E. Industry Codes; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8330-8400-3

0-8330-8402-X

OCLC:

865543842