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The Cost of Air Pollution: A Case Study for the City of Cuenca, Ecuador

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dc.contributor.authorSander, Klas
dc.contributor.authorMira-Salama, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorFeuerbacher, Arndt
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-08T16:48:30Z
dc.date.available2015-09-08T16:48:30Z
dc.date.issued2015-06
dc.description.abstractIn 2010, the Municipality of Cuenca, through its environmental management commission (EMC), and the World Bank, through the environment and natural resources department, started a collaboration targeted towards strengthening EMC’s capacity to better manage Cuenca’s environmental assets and to provide EMC with hard evidence and data that will serve as departing point for decision-makers towards the formulation of public policy. Two main areas of focus were chosen: (i) costs of environmental degradation for Cuenca; and (ii) climate change impacts and resilience measures for Cuenca. This report describes the findings of the first area of focus. This report tries to capture the main results and to describe the assumptions and input data utilized, through a detailed step-by-step description of an internationally-accepted and validated methodology, an explanation of input data needs, equations used, assumptions made, and alternative calculation streams; and through the demonstration of this methodology as it is applied to the real case of air pollution in Cuenca. Analyses about the cost of environmental degradation are often used as an environmental priority-setting tool, because it gives the estimated socio-economic costs of environmental degradation (air pollution, inadequate water supply, sanitation, hygiene, and others). In this report, the methodology was used only for air pollution; similar studies can be replicated for other areas in order to have a full description of the different sources of pollution and the subsequent costs that Cuenca is subject to. Economic analysis (cost-benefit analysis) can be applied as a useful tool to prioritize among these interventions options with respect to their efficiency and cost effectiveness. Some policy reforms may also require to understand the political economy of reforms, for example, when taxi technology or bus technology of private firms is to be changed.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/24862286/cost-air-pollution-case-study-city-cuenca-ecuador
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/22579
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/22579
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank Group, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectRISKS
dc.subjectCARBON CONTENT
dc.subjectAIRCRAFT NOISE
dc.subjectTRAFFIC CONGESTION
dc.subjectPEOPLE
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectCARBON DIOXIDE
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUELS
dc.subjectSTROKE
dc.subjectPASSENGERS
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION IMPACTS
dc.subjectEMISSION LEVEL
dc.subjectPREVENTION
dc.subjectVEHICLES
dc.subjectMORBIDITY
dc.subjectFUEL QUALITY
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY HEALTH
dc.subjectCAR OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectEMISSIONS
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectHIGH- TRAFFIC AREAS
dc.subjectNOISE EMISSION
dc.subjectDEATH
dc.subjectGASOLINE
dc.subjectPOLLUTION EXPOSURE
dc.subjectTRAFFIC NOISE
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectTRAFFIC
dc.subjectHYPERTENSION
dc.subjectPOLLUTION DAMAGES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subjectVEHICLE USE
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectHOSPITALIZATION
dc.subjectRADIATION
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectCOST EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTANTS
dc.subjectVEHICLE
dc.subjectDIETS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectROAD
dc.subjectCRASHES
dc.subjectCOSTS
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectVENTILATION
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectSMOKING
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPASSENGERS PER VEHICLE
dc.subjectMODE OF TRANSPORT
dc.subjectMOBILITY
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectHEALTH MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectOBSERVATION
dc.subjectPITS
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectAIR TRAFFIC
dc.subjectFUELS
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectINJURY
dc.subjectNOISE EXPOSURE
dc.subjectTRAFFIC CRASHES
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectBUSES
dc.subjectBUS TRANSPORT
dc.subjectBUS
dc.subjectEMISSION
dc.subjectINITIATIVES
dc.subjectCONGESTION
dc.subjectYOUNG ADULTS
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT CHOICES
dc.subjectTRANSIT
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectPOLICIES
dc.subjectAGED
dc.subjectGASOLINE VEHICLES
dc.subjectCAR TRANSPORT
dc.subjectSOLVENTS
dc.subjectVEHICLE FLEET
dc.subjectPOLLUTION IMPACTS
dc.subjectCARS
dc.subjectAMBIENT AIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectELASTICITIES
dc.subjectHEALTH EFFECTS
dc.subjectMEANS OF TRANSPORT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
dc.subjectHYGIENE
dc.subjectMOTOR VEHICLE
dc.subjectPOPULATION DENSITY
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL VEHICLES
dc.subjectMOTOR VEHICLES
dc.subjectPUBLIC TRANSPORT
dc.subjectCOHORT STUDIES
dc.subjectDIESEL VEHICLES
dc.subjectAMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT
dc.subjectROAD TRAFFIC NOISE
dc.subjectCARBON MONOXIDE
dc.subjectWORKSHOPS
dc.subjectAIRCRAFT
dc.subjectSTREETS
dc.subjectINFANT HEALTH
dc.subjectSLEEPING DISORDERS
dc.subjectQUALITY OF LIFE
dc.subjectRISK FACTORS
dc.subjectCAR
dc.subjectSPRAWL
dc.subjectWEIGHT
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTANT
dc.subjectCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
dc.subjectCHILDREN
dc.subjectTAXIS
dc.subjectOZONE
dc.subjectVEHICLE EXHAUST
dc.subjectFUEL
dc.subjectNOISE POLLUTION
dc.subjectDIESEL EMISSIONS
dc.subjectPOLLUTION CONTROL
dc.subjectINVESTMENTS
dc.subjectCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectAIRWAYS
dc.subjectSTRATEGY
dc.subjectEPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subjectNOISE
dc.subjectDIESEL
dc.subjectURBAN SPRAWL
dc.subjectTRANSPORT POLICIES
dc.subjectROAD TRAFFIC
dc.titleThe Cost of Air Pollutionen
dc.title.alternativeEl costo de la : contaminación atmosférica en Cuenca, Ecuadoren
dc.title.subtitleA Case Study for the City of Cuenca, Ecuadoren
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaClimate Change
okr.date.disclosure2015-09-03
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-05T12:00:21.497220Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/24862286/cost-air-pollution-case-study-city-cuenca-ecuador
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0830b496e_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum24862286
okr.identifier.report98546
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.countryEcuador
okr.sectorHealth and other social services :: Health
okr.sectorTransportation :: Roads and highways
okr.sectorWater, sanitation and flood protection :: Flood protection
okr.themeSocial protection and risk management :: Natural disaster management
okr.themeEnvironment and natural resources management :: Climate change
okr.themeEnvironment and natural resources management :: Pollution management and environmental health
okr.topicTransport::Transport Economics & Policy Planning
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Monitoring & Evaluation
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicEnvironment::Air Quality & Clean Air
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.unitENR GP LCR (GEN04)
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