Environment, Health and Economics
Four projects under this theme evaluate the impact of poor
environmental conditions on peoples health and associated economic
damages. Environmental, socio-economic and health data from Uttar
Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh and Lucknow are
collected. They try to establish the environment-health and economic
interlinkages in India. The themes cover issues ranging from
environmental exposure to policyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in
economically underprivileged population of urban areas in UP,
comparative health risk assessment for environmental concerns in
North Chennai and environmental costs of industrialization in
Gujarat. A multi-institutional project in three states of India viz.
Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan that include a survey
of approximately 10000 households in rural areas to estimate the
economics of health damages due to burning of fuelwood, agricultural
residue and animal dung - collectively termed biofuels is also
funded.
The following are the projects funded by
the EERC under Environment,
Health and Economics
| SL |
Project
Title |
Principal
Investigator |
Executive
Summary |
Full
Report |
|
1 |
Economic
Analysis of Rural Pollution and Health Impacts in Northern
India |
Dr Jyoti Parikh, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research, Mumbai
|
PDF 209 KB
|
NA
|
|
2 |
Economic
Valuation of Health Damage in North Chennai using a
Comparative Risk Assessment Framework |
Kalpana Balakrishnan, Ramachandra Medical College and Research
Centre, Chennai
|
PDF 210 KB
|
PDF 920 KB
|
|
3 |
A Study
of Environmental Exposure to PAHs among Economically
Underprivileged Population of Urban Areas of Uttar Pradesh |
P Sushil Kumar, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow
|
PDF 124 KB
|
PDF 7.67 MB
|
|
4 |
Estimating
the Environmental Cost of Industrialisation in Gujarat: A Case
Study of Ankleshwar GIDC |
Maya Shah, M S University, Vadodara
|
PDF 127 KB
|
PDF 4.36 MB
|
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