The Health and Economic Benefits of Reduced Residential Solid Fuel Burning on the South African Highveld

Emissions from residential solid fuel burning in densely populated low-income settlements is a significant source of air pollution over the South African Highveld. The area is densely populated and highly industrialized, resulting in high concentrations of pollutants over the area. Although emission...

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Autores principales:	Louisa Farina Lindeque, Roelof Pertus Burger, Stuart John Piketh
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	air quality offsets household air pollution emission controls health impact assessment human exposure fine particulate matter Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8a85045ef8884e718de9c54279ed1bec2021-11-25T16:44:11ZThe Health and Economic Benefits of Reduced Residential Solid Fuel Burning on the South African Highveld10.3390/atmos121114052073-4433https://doaj.org/article/8a85045ef8884e718de9c54279ed1bec2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/11/1405https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4433Emissions from residential solid fuel burning in densely populated low-income settlements is a significant source of air pollution over the South African Highveld. The area is densely populated and highly industrialized, resulting in high concentrations of pollutants over the area. Although emissions from industrial sources are much larger, exposure to household emissions poses the most significant risk to human health. Interventions aimed at reducing solid fuel burning in low-income settlements on the Highveld have the potential to reduce exposure, but quantifying their true impact remains a challenge. We aimed to estimate the health and associated economic benefits of the regional implementation of thermal insulation as intervention measure in low-income settlements to predict the potential impact on the regional scale. We used a land use type regression model to estimate pre-intervention PM<sub>2.5</sub> concentrations over the Highveld and then used sampled post-intervention air quality data from a pilot offset programme to relate changes in air quality to changes in avoided premature mortalities. We estimate that the large-scale implementation of this intervention could result in 143 avoided premature mortalities with an estimated economic benefit of just under ZAR (2011) 341.6 million, equivalent to USD (2011) 49.4 million.Louisa Farina LindequeRoelof Pertus BurgerStuart John PikethMDPI AGarticleair quality offsetshousehold air pollutionemission controlshealth impact assessmenthuman exposurefine particulate matterMeteorology. ClimatologyQC851-999ENAtmosphere, Vol 12, Iss 1405, p 1405 (2021)
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spellingShingle	air quality offsets household air pollution emission controls health impact assessment human exposure fine particulate matter Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 Louisa Farina Lindeque Roelof Pertus Burger Stuart John Piketh The Health and Economic Benefits of Reduced Residential Solid Fuel Burning on the South African Highveld
description	Emissions from residential solid fuel burning in densely populated low-income settlements is a significant source of air pollution over the South African Highveld. The area is densely populated and highly industrialized, resulting in high concentrations of pollutants over the area. Although emissions from industrial sources are much larger, exposure to household emissions poses the most significant risk to human health. Interventions aimed at reducing solid fuel burning in low-income settlements on the Highveld have the potential to reduce exposure, but quantifying their true impact remains a challenge. We aimed to estimate the health and associated economic benefits of the regional implementation of thermal insulation as intervention measure in low-income settlements to predict the potential impact on the regional scale. We used a land use type regression model to estimate pre-intervention PM<sub>2.5</sub> concentrations over the Highveld and then used sampled post-intervention air quality data from a pilot offset programme to relate changes in air quality to changes in avoided premature mortalities. We estimate that the large-scale implementation of this intervention could result in 143 avoided premature mortalities with an estimated economic benefit of just under ZAR (2011) 341.6 million, equivalent to USD (2011) 49.4 million.
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author	Louisa Farina Lindeque Roelof Pertus Burger Stuart John Piketh
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title	The Health and Economic Benefits of Reduced Residential Solid Fuel Burning on the South African Highveld
title_short	The Health and Economic Benefits of Reduced Residential Solid Fuel Burning on the South African Highveld
title_full	The Health and Economic Benefits of Reduced Residential Solid Fuel Burning on the South African Highveld
title_fullStr	The Health and Economic Benefits of Reduced Residential Solid Fuel Burning on the South African Highveld
title_full_unstemmed	The Health and Economic Benefits of Reduced Residential Solid Fuel Burning on the South African Highveld
title_sort	health and economic benefits of reduced residential solid fuel burning on the south african highveld
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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The Health and Economic Benefits of Reduced Residential Solid Fuel Burning on the South African Highveld

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