Links between air quality and economic growth : implications for Pittsburgh /

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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 Pittsb...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nataraj, Shanthi
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2013]
Subjects:
Air > Pollution > Economic aspects > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh.
Air quality > Economic aspects > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh.
Air > Qualité > Aspect économique > Pennsylvanie > Pittsburgh.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Air > Pollution > Economic aspects.
Air quality > Economic aspects.
Business & Economics.
Economic History.
Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Methodology
  • Existing evidence for links between local air quality and economic growth
  • Extrapolating existing evidence to Pittsburgh
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix A. Summary of included literature
  • Appendix B. Interview protocol
  • Appendix C. Site selection process
  • Appendix D. Detailed health benefit estimates
  • Appendix E. Industry codes.

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