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Emissions of Criteria Pollutants, Toxic Air Pollutants, and Greenhouse Gases, from the Use of Alternative Transportation Modes and Fuels

UCD-ITS-RR-96-12

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Delucchi, Mark A., Michael Q. Wang, Raju Ceerla (1996) Emissions of Criteria Pollutants, Toxic Air Pollutants, and Greenhouse Gases, from the Use of Alternative Transportation Modes and Fuels. Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, Research Report UCD-ITS-RR-96-12

There are five steps in the estimation of the dollar value of the health effects of emissions of air pollutants: 1) estimate emissions of harmful pollutants; 2) estimate the change in air quality resulting from the emissions; 3) estimate exposure to the polluted air; 4) estimate the health effects resulting from exposure; and 5) estimate the monetary value of the health effects. This analysis is concerned with the first of these five steps: we estimate emissions of criteria pollutants, toxic air pollutants, and greenhouse gases from alternative transportation modes.
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