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TI: Local benefits of greenhouse gas mitigation in Mexico City
AU: * McKinley, G
EM: galen@alum.mit.edu
AF: Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Periferico 5000, piso 4, Mexico, DF 04530 Mexico
AU: Zuk, M
EM: mzuk@alum.mit.edu
AF: Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Periferico 5000, piso 4, Mexico, DF 04530 Mexico
AU: Hojer, M
EM: mhoejer@hotmail.com
AF: Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Periferico 5000, piso 4, Mexico, DF 04530 Mexico
AU: Avalos, M
AF: Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Periferico 5000, piso 4, Mexico, DF 04530 Mexico
AU: Gonzalez, I
AF: Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Periferico 5000, piso 4, Mexico, DF 04530 Mexico
AU: Iniestra, R
AF: Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Periferico 5000, piso 4, Mexico, DF 04530 Mexico
AU: Laguna, I
AF: Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Periferico 5000, piso 4, Mexico, DF 04530 Mexico
AU: Martinez, M
AF: Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Periferico 5000, piso 4, Mexico, DF 04530 Mexico
AU: Osnaya, P
AF: Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Periferico 5000, piso 4, Mexico, DF 04530 Mexico
AU: Reynales, L
AF: Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Ave. Universidad #655, Cuernavaca, MOR 62508 Mexico
AU: Valdes, R
AF: Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Ave. Universidad #655, Cuernavaca, MOR 62508 Mexico
AU: Martinez, J
EM: jmartine@ine.gob.mx
AF: Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Periferico 5000, piso 4, Mexico, DF 04530 Mexico
AB: For Mexico City, we estimate public health improvements due to air pollution reductions that could occur simultaneously with greenhouse gas emission mitigation, and we compare the costs and benefits of 5 specific policy measures. Reduced-form air quality models are used to calculate the impacts of changed emissions on exposure. Dose-response methodology is applied to estimate public health improvements, and several valuation metrics are applied to determine the monetized health benefits to society of the control measures. Implementation of these 5 measures in Mexico City could reduce annualized exposure to particulate air pollution by 1% and to maximum daily ozone by 3%, and also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2% (more than 300,000 tons C equivalent per year). We estimate that over 4400 quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) per year could be saved, with monetized health benefits on the order of \$200 million USD per year. In contrast, total costs are under \$70 million USD per year. The mean cost per QALY is under \$40,000. Of the measures considered, those that improve transportation efficiency are most promising for the simultaneous reduction of local and global pollution in the region.
UR: http://www.ine.gob.mx/dgicurg/cclimatico/benlg.html
DE: 0345 Pollution--urban and regional (0305)
DE: 1600 GLOBAL CHANGE (New category)
DE: 6304 Benefit-cost analysis
DE: 6334 Regional planning
DE: 6399 General or miscellaneous
SC: U
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting