Costs of Air Pollution Control Analyses of Emission Control Options for Ozone Abatement Strategies /

• Main Author: Reis, Stefan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Environment.; Atmospheric sciences.; Space sciences.; Air pollution.; Economic policy.; Environmental economics.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Economic Policy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Environmental Economics.

This work derives strategies for developing useful EU policies aimed at the control of air pollutants in Europe, especially ground-level ozone. The author starts with the air-pollution status quo in the late 1990s, placing further impacts of photooxidant concentrations into perspective. Emission sou...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Air Pollution in Europe: Tropospheric Ozone; Air Pollution Impacts; Activities on Air Pollution Control
• Emissions, Sources and Abatement Costs: Emission Analysis; Country Analysis; Scenario Development; Assessing Abatement Costs; Emission Abatement Options
• Optimizing Ozone Abatement Strategies: Model Design and Implementation; Model Evaluation
• Modelling Results for Tropospheric Ozone: Cost-effectiveness Analysis; Additional Emission Reductions; Ozone Thresholds and Limit Values
• Evaluation of Results: Future Abatement Options; Recommendations for Policy Makers
• Conclusion and Outlook.