Abstract
In China, although installation of dust collectors to capture airborne particulates has to some extent to do the battle against air pollution, desulfurization and denitration of SOx and NOx are almost never performed. This situation is nearly identical to that in which the problem of Yokkaichi Asthma arose. Therefore, adverse health effects such as the respiratory disease caused by SOx air pollution in Yokkaichi are anticipated as well. We have already studied, from an economic viewpoint, the relation between investments to prevent pollution and damage to health in the case of Yokkaichi city. This subsequent research ultimately gave rise to an interdisciplinary model integrating engineering techniques such as pollution-diffusion simulation with estimation of damages in an economic cost-benefit analysis. This study examines the possibility of sustainable development by applying these techniques in Tianjin, China, and clarifies the relationship between investments in pollution prevention and the costs of the damages caused by pollution.
