Title: Use of abatement cost curves in developing environmental bubble policy for managing SPM in Jamshedpur region

Authors: V.B. Gupta, Vinay Kumar, K.K. Shah, Rekha Gupta, H.K.l Gupta,Ranju Kumari

Addresses: School of Futures Studies and Planning, Devi Ahilya University, India. ' School of Futures Studies and Planning, Devi Ahilya University, India. ' School of Futures Studies and Planning, Devi Ahilya University, India. ' School of Futures Studies and Planning, Devi Ahilya University, India. ' School of Futures Studies and Planning, Devi Ahilya University, India. ' School of Futures Studies and Planning, Devi Ahilya University, India

Abstract: This paper evaluates environmental bubble policy using abatement cost curves drawn for different abatement measures in Jamshedpur region. Surveys were conducted to estimate industrial emissions of suspended particulate matter (SPM) from different emitting sources in the region, and the characteristics of the existing and alternative abatement devices for each emitting source. The abatement cost functions were developed and used to rank the abatement devices. An environmental bubble with its limit equal to the existing SPM emissions from all selected companies was developed. The abatement costs for the bubble were estimated from abatement cost curves with alternative and best available technologies. The estimated abatement costs were found to be less than those of the existing measures. It was also found that M/s TISCO alone can account for SPM emissions reductions in the selected group with less cost.

Keywords: abatement cost curves; environmental bubble policy; suspended particulate matter; India; suspended particulate matter; pollution emission; air quality; air pollution.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2004.005125

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2004 Vol.21 No.5, pp.523 - 532

Published online: 03 Sep 2004 *

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