The Cost of Particulate Air Pollution in Dhaka City

Fahmida Akter Khatun
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Fahmida Akter Khatun: Research Associate, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies

Bangladesh Development Studies, 1997, vol. 25, issue 1-2, 95-124

Abstract: A rapid process of urbanization and industrialization, unaccom- panied by appropriate environment management programmes, results in a degradation of the quality of environment in general and a drop in the air quality, in particular, in the cities. Harmful pollutants such as total suspended particulate (TSP), sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxide (NO2L lead and ozone are released into the atmosphere leading to various diseases and premature deaths. Among the pollutants, particulate, composed of fully dispersed liquids and solids including soot, dust, organic and inorganic substances is the most harmful one. This particulate is generated by a variety of physical (e.g., condensation of gases or vapours and mechanical process) and chemical mechanisms. It is emitted into the atmosphere from mumerous activity sources, such as transportation, fuel combustion, industrial process and solid waste disposal. The natural sources of particulate are soil dust, forest fires, sea salt, soil and rock debris and volcanic processes

Keywords: Air pollution; Particulate matter; Mortality rates; Morbidity; Air pollutants; Cost estimates; Development studies; Financial risk; Green economics; Air quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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