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Health and Economic Impact of Air Pollution in Jakarta
Author(s) -
RESOSUDARMO BUDY P.,
NAPITUPULU LUCENTEZZA
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
economic record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1475-4932
pISSN - 0013-0249
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2004.00184.x
Subject(s) - air pollution , pollution , government (linguistics) , business , control (management) , economic impact analysis , environmental protection , natural resource economics , economic growth , environmental planning , environmental science , economics , engineering , civil engineering , ecology , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology , linguistics , philosophy , management
Jakarta is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Air pollution in Jakarta is above the safe limits specified by the World Health Organization. It is estimated that the health cost of Jakarta's air pollution in 1999 reached $US220 million. In 2001 the government planned to launch a program to control vehicle emissions. This paper aims to estimate economic impact of this program. To achieve this goal, the paper estimates the economic costs of air pollution in Jakarta for the year 2015 with and without the program.