Environmental damage costs from airborne pollution of industrial activities in the greater Athens, Greece area and the resulting benefits from the introduction of BAT

Mirasgedis, S; Hontou, V; Georgopoulou, E; Sarafidis, Y; Gakis, N; Lalas, DP; Loukatos, A; Gargoulas, N; Mentzis, A; Economidis, D; Triantafilopoulos, T; Korizi, K; Mavrotas, G

dc.contributor.author	Mirasgedis, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Hontou, V	en
dc.contributor.author	Georgopoulou, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Sarafidis, Y	en
dc.contributor.author	Gakis, N	en
dc.contributor.author	Lalas, DP	en
dc.contributor.author	Loukatos, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Gargoulas, N	en
dc.contributor.author	Mentzis, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Economidis, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Triantafilopoulos, T	en
dc.contributor.author	Korizi, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Mavrotas, G	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:28:16Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:28:16Z
dc.date.issued	2008	en
dc.identifier.issn	0195-9255	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/18794
dc.subject	Air pollution	en
dc.subject	BAT	en
dc.subject	External cost	en
dc.subject	Industrial activities	en
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Studies	en
dc.subject.other	Air pollution	en
dc.subject.other	Carbon dioxide	en
dc.subject.other	Costs	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental regulations	en
dc.subject.other	Gas emissions	en
dc.subject.other	Mathematical models	en
dc.subject.other	Project management	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental damage	en
dc.subject.other	Industrial activities	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental impact	en
dc.subject.other	atmospheric pollution	en
dc.subject.other	environmental degradation	en
dc.subject.other	environmental impact	en
dc.subject.other	industrial emission	en
dc.subject.other	particulate matter	en
dc.subject.other	pollution policy	en
dc.subject.other	Athens [Attica]	en
dc.subject.other	Attica	en
dc.subject.other	Eurasia	en
dc.subject.other	Europe	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Southern Europe	en
dc.title	Environmental damage costs from airborne pollution of industrial activities in the greater Athens, Greece area and the resulting benefits from the introduction of BAT	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.eiar.2007.03.006	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2007.03.006	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2008	en
heal.abstract	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(SIC) per year, associated mainly with human mortality and morbidity due to PM10 emissions, as well as with climate change impacts due to CO2 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. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC	en
heal.journalName	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.eiar.2007.03.006	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000252603400004	en
dc.identifier.volume	28	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	39	en
dc.identifier.epage	56	en