Breathing the Same Air? Measuring Air Pollution in Cities and Regions

Monica Brezzi and Daniel Sanchez-Serra
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Monica Brezzi: OECD
Daniel Sanchez-Serra: OECD

No 2014/11, OECD Regional Development Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: This paper presents a new set of estimates of exposure to air pollution (fine particulate matter - PM2.5) at the city, regional and national levels for the 34 OECD countries, and at the regional and national levels for Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa. The estimates are developed by the computation of satellite-based observations. They have the advantage of providing consistent values of the magnitude and spatial distribution of air pollution to be compared across and within countries and over time. The paper also explores the association between shape of cities (population density, share of built-up area, extension of the hinterlands, etc.) and air pollution. The estimates of air pollution at (TL2) regional level have been used in the newly released OECD Regional Well-Being Database as a measure of the environmental dimension.

Keywords: air pollution; health; sub-national disparities; urban form (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q53 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-12-22
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