The Economy and Health Burden Attributed to Shipping-Related Transportation for International Trading – A Case Study of Kaohsiung

Abstract

For the purpose of assessing PM2 5-related impact from the shipping-related transportation for international trading in human health and local economy This study employes activity-based model to estimate the PM2 5 emissions from ships cargo handling equipments and heavy-duty vehicles for land transportation in Kaohsiung Furthermore the external health cost index of health impact (IHI) and external economic cost will be assessed to quantize impact of PM2 5 emission from the shipping-related operation in Kaohsiung At last this study will evaluate the effect of mitigation for PM2 5 in Scenario-INDC and Scenario-GGRMA under two mitigation regulations of emission The results are following：From 2005 to 2017 the PM2 5 emission caused external health cost of 3 238 30 DALY IHI value of 8 53% and economic losses of 2 176 04 million annually For Scenario-INDC PM2 5-related external health costs IHI value and external economic cost will decrease by 927 64 DALY 2 45% and US$ 608 86 million respectively comparing to BAU-2030 For Scenario-GGRMA PM2 5-related external health cost IHI value and external economic cost will decrease by 1736 28 DALY 4 58% and US$ 1 139 84 million respectively comparing to BAU-2050 The results indicate that the compliance with these two regulations of INDC and GGRMA would lead to the mitigation of PM2 5 emission which could improve air quality and reduce economic loss

Date of Award	2019
Original language	English
Supervisor	Ching-Chih Chang (Supervisor)