A Companion to Urban Economics - Arnott and McMillen - Chapter 29
A Companion to Urban Economics - Arnott and McMillen - Chapter 29
C H A P T E R T W E N T Y - N I N E Air Pollution in Cities 29.1 INTRODUCTION Some cities face severe air pollution problems, while other cities of similar population sizes are much cleaner. For example, World Bank data from 1995 indicates that for a sample of major cities where air quality was monitored, the ambient particulate level of the average Asian city was four times higher than that of the average city in Western Europe. In the year 1995, there were at least 25 cities in Asia whose ambi