VALUING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IMPACT OF TRAFFIC CIRCULATION PLAN IN THE HAGUE

Background and aims: Within the framework of Integrated Assessment of Health Risks of Environmental Stressors in Europe (INTARESE), the impact of the traffic circulation plan (VCP) in The Hague during 2007-2010, was assessed. Our aim was to provide an overview of the relevant costs and benefits of different health endpoints related to the traffic exposure of this transport intervention. Methods: The impact of VCP was quantified by selecting traffic-related exposure and health endpoints, modelling of population exposure, selecting exposure-effect relations, estimating the number of attributable cases, and assessing these outcomes in terms of Euros. By applying the “revealed-preference” method using the existing market prices for cardioand respiratory diseases, the perceived depreciation of property, and the aggregated health indicator for mortality, we derived economic values for persons with a certain disease/health end-point attributable to road traffic noise exposure or exposure to air pollution. Result...