Centralized Air-Pollution Treatment and the Optimal Location of Industries

Guldmann J-M and D Shefer
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Guldmann J-M: Department of City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
D Shefer: Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Environment and Planning A, 1977, vol. 9, issue 10, 1121-1142

Abstract: A cost-effectiveness optimization approach to industrial location planning and air quality management is developed, focusing on the feasibility of a centralized air-pollution-control system. The welfare criteria include air-pollution-control-related costs, but also other costs, such as commuting and land development costs. A multilevel optimization approach is outlined in order to devise economic incentives which may help to implement the optimal plan in a decentralized competitive decisionmaking context. A simplified linear programming formulation of the general model is applied to the Haifa area. Results confirm the need to adopt an integrated approach in examining the feasibility of a centralized air-pollution-control system.

Date: 1977
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DOI: 10.1068/a091121

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