Mohammad Fuad Abdul Kadir
Economic Valuation of Health Impacts due to Motor Vehicle Emissions:A Case of Metropolitan Jakarta

The Metropolitan Jakarta, as with many other megacities facing a serious problem of air pollution, is now recognized as the third dirtiest air polluted city in the world. Air pollution concentration has increased because of its rapid growth of motor vehicle owner, urbanization and industrialization, as well as economic growth. The purpose of this study is to investigate recent urban air pollution status due to motor vehicles emission for the Metropolitan Jakarta and to predict it for the years 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2020. Next purpose is to estimate economic value of health impacts due to motor vehicle emissions by assuming a correlation between air pollution exposures and adverse health outcomes found by epidemiological studies. Finally, countermeasures are provided and studied by using the cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in order to select the best alternative for decision-making based on the timetable of introduction. The results suggest that human exposure to PM10, lead and other pollutants from motor vehicle emissions could represent a serious environmental health problem in the Metropolitan Jakarta.