Air Pollution in India and Its Impact on the Health of Different Income Groups

AIR POLLUTION IN INDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE HEALTH OF DIFFERENT INCOME GROUPS......Page 3
NOTICE TO THE READER......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 9
LIST OF TABLES......Page 11
LIST OF FIGURES......Page 13
PREFACE......Page 15
FOREWORD......Page 17
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 19
1.1. SOURCES OF POLLUTION......Page 21
1.2. AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH......Page 22
1.3. FEATURES OF THE MAJOR POLLUTANTS AND LIKELY IMPACTS ON HEALTH......Page 23
1.4. STATUS OF AIR POLLUTION IN MEGA CITIES OF THE WORLD......Page 26
1.5. POLLUTION, HEALTH AND POVERTY......Page 30
1.6. INDIAN SCENARIO......Page 31
Approach of the Book......Page 37
2.1. THE EVIDENCE OF AIR POLLUTION IMPACTS ON HEALTH......Page 39
2.2. IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTION ON HEALTH IN INDIA......Page 45
2.3. VALUATION OF HEALTH COST......Page 51
MODEL 1......Page 55
II) Structural Decomposition Analysis......Page 57
Extension of Model 1......Page 58
PRICE INDICES......Page 61
NSSO......Page 62
5.1. ENERGY SCENARIO IN INDIA......Page 65
5.2. EMISSION SCENARIO IN INDIA......Page 71
Total Emission......Page 73
5.3.1. Sector-Specific Intensity of CO2, SO2 and NOx during 1983-84 to 2003-4......Page 74
5.3.2. Results based on Structural Decomposition Analysis(SDA)......Page 77
Role of Income Distribution......Page 82
Technological change......Page 83
Changes in Final Demand......Page 84
6.1. ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH RELATED PROBLEMS IN CALCUTTA......Page 91
6.2.1. Description of the Study Site......Page 92
6.2.2. Survey Methodology......Page 94
6.3.1.Tollygounge......Page 95
6.3.2 Baranagar......Page 99
7.1. LITERATURE ON DOSE RESPONSE STUDY......Page 107
7.2. ECONOMETRIC SPECIFICATION AND ESTIMATION......Page 109
7.3. DATA......Page 110
Middle Income Group......Page 111
Higher Income Group......Page 112
Middle Income Group......Page 113
Lower Income Group......Page 114
CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS......Page 115
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 127
APPENDIX A1 Estimated Total Deaths ('000), by Major Causes in Asian Developing Countries, 2002......Page 129
APPENDIX A2 Estimated Total DALYs ('000), by Major Causes in Asian Developing Countries, 2002......Page 131
APPENDIX B......Page 132
APPENDIX C......Page 143
APPENDIX D......Page 150
APPENDIX E......Page 154
REFERENCES......Page 161
INDEX......Page 175