Coupling European data and local air pollution models for integrated assessment

Secondary pollutants can heavily affect human health, specifically Particulate Matter affects population in terms of respiratory and cardiovascular related diseases. These impacts can be also economic evaluated considering the external costs due to morbidity and mortality. An Integrated Assessment approach consisting in the coupled use of two Air Quality Planning tools, SHERPA and RIAT+, is presented: the methodology allows decision-makers in the definition of optimal air quality policies solving a multi-objective problem where both a cost index and an air quality index are minimized. Furthermore an ex-post analysis is computed and health impacts are estimated. The aim of this work is the comparison of optimal air quality policies between the “Four Motors for Europe”, namely Auvergne-Rhône-Alps (F), Baden-Württemberg (D), Catalonia (E) and Lombardy (I).

CARNEVALE Claudio;  DE ANGELIS Elena;  FINZI Giovanna;  PISONI Enrico;  TURRINI Enrico;  VOLTA Marialuisa; 

2018-05-22

International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)

JRC110852