Environmental damage costs from airborne pollution of industrial activities in the greater Athens, Greece area and the resulting benefits from the introduction of BAT
- Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Lofos Nimfon, Thission, 11810 Athens (Greece)
- EPEM S.A., Acharnon 141 B, 10446 Athens (Greece)
- LDK-ECO S.A., Thivaidos 21, 14564 Kifissia, Athens (Greece)
- National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Polytexneiou 9, Zografou, 15780 Athens (Greece)
Attributing costs to the environmental impacts associated with industrial activities can greatly assist in protecting human health and the natural environment as monetary values are capable of directly influencing technological and policy decisions without changing the rules of the market. This paper attempts to estimate the external cost attributable to the atmospheric pollution from 'medium and high environmental burden' industrial activities located in the greater Athens area and the benefits from Best Available Techniques (BAT) introduction. To this end a number of typical installations were defined to be used in conjunction with the Impact Pathway Approach developed in the context of the ExternE project to model all industrial sectors/sub-sectors located in the area of interest. Total environmental externalities due to air pollutants emitted by these industrial activities were found to reach 211 M Euro per year, associated mainly with human mortality and morbidity due to PM{sub 10} emissions, as well as with climate change impacts due to CO{sub 2} emissions for which non-metallic minerals and oil processing industries are the main sources. The results obtained can be used as the basis for an integrated evaluation of potential BAT, taking into account not only private costs and benefits but also the environmental externalities, thus leading to policy decisions that maximize social welfare in each industrial sector/sub-sector.
- OSTI ID:
- 21077726
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 28, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2007.03.006; PII: S0195-9255(07)00030-3; Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0195-9255
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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