Arab Republic of Egypt : Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation

The report is a first step in a process towards the use of environmental damage cost assessments, for priority setting, and as an instrument for integrating environment, into economic, and social development. The report provides estimates of damage...

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
AIR
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/2081044/egypt-cost-assessment-environmental-degradation-sector-note
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spelling okr-10986-153232021-04-23T14:03:15Z Arab Republic of Egypt : Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation World Bank AGRICULTURE AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY BENCHMARK CANCER COASTAL AREAS COST ANALYSIS DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER QUALITY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC VALUE ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EPIDEMIOLOGY EXCHANGE RATE FUELS FUTURE GENERATIONS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOSPITAL WASTE HYGIENE INCOME INDUSTRIAL WASTE IRREVERSIBILITY LEGISLATION MARGINAL ANALYSIS MONITORING DATA MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS NATURAL RESOURCES POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY OF WATER RECREATIONAL AREAS REMEDIAL ACTION REMEDIAL ACTIONS RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RIVERS SAFE WATER SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL EROSION SOIL POLLUTION SOIL PRODUCTIVITY SOLID WASTE STATISTICAL DATA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE URBAN AIR POLLUTION VALUATION WASTE WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTEWATER WATER POLLUTION WATER RESOURCES WTP ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION REMEDIAL ACTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DAMAGE FIGURES GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AIR POLLUTION SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL EROSION SALINITY WATER POLLUTION SAFE WATER SUPPLY SANITATION HYGIENE COASTAL EROSION WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NATURAL RESOURCE DEPLETION INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS MEDICAL WASTES WASTEWATER TREATMENT ANALYTICAL METHODS The report is a first step in a process towards the use of environmental damage cost assessments, for priority setting, and as an instrument for integrating environment, into economic, and social development. The report provides estimates of damage, and remediation cost for several areas of the environment, and, as areas of priority are identified, further analysis would be required for more accurate estimates. The damage cost of environmental degradation in Egypt in 1999, is estimated at 3.2-6.4 percent of GDP, with a mean estimate of 4.8 of GDP. In addition, the damage cost to the global environment is estimated at 0.6 percent of GDP. The cost of air pollution is assessed at 1.1-3.2 percent of GDP (urban outdoor and rural indoor), followed by soil degradation at 1.0-1.4 percent (erosion and salinity). In the area of water, the damage cost is estimated at 0.7-1.2 percent of GDP (mostly from the lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene). Cost of coastal zone degradation is estimated at 0.2.-0.4 percent of GDP, and, inadequate waste management at around 0.2 percent of GDP. Of the total damage cost, about two thirds comes from damages to health, and a third from natural resource degradation. It should be noted that no cost estimate is provided for degradation associated with industrial, hazardous, and hospital waste, as sufficient data were unavailable. Similarly, cost assessment of degradation associated with inadequately treated wastewater is limited, due to data constraints. Cost is also presented for a limited number of remedial actions, in each of the environmental areas for which damage cost is estimated. More detailed analysis is required in future work, in order to compare benefits of remediation, to reduction in damage marginal cost. 2013-08-23T18:28:27Z 2013-08-23T18:28:27Z 2002-06-29 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/2081044/egypt-cost-assessment-environmental-degradation-sector-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15323 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of
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topic AGRICULTURE
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
BENCHMARK
CANCER
COASTAL AREAS
COST ANALYSIS
DRINKING WATER
DRINKING WATER QUALITY
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC VALUE
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EXCHANGE RATE
FUELS
FUTURE GENERATIONS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HOSPITAL WASTE
HYGIENE
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
IRREVERSIBILITY
LEGISLATION
MARGINAL ANALYSIS
MONITORING DATA
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS
NATURAL RESOURCES
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY OF LIFE
QUALITY OF WATER
RECREATIONAL AREAS
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMEDIAL ACTIONS
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
RIVERS
SAFE WATER
SOIL DEGRADATION
SOIL EROSION
SOIL POLLUTION
SOIL PRODUCTIVITY
SOLID WASTE
STATISTICAL DATA
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
URBAN AIR POLLUTION
VALUATION
WASTE
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTEWATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER RESOURCES
WTP ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
REMEDIAL ACTIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DAMAGE FIGURES
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
AIR POLLUTION
SOIL DEGRADATION
SOIL EROSION
SALINITY
WATER POLLUTION
SAFE WATER SUPPLY
SANITATION
HYGIENE
COASTAL EROSION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
NATURAL RESOURCE DEPLETION
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
MEDICAL WASTES
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
ANALYTICAL METHODS
spellingShingle AGRICULTURE
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
BENCHMARK
CANCER
COASTAL AREAS
COST ANALYSIS
DRINKING WATER
DRINKING WATER QUALITY
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC VALUE
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EXCHANGE RATE
FUELS
FUTURE GENERATIONS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HOSPITAL WASTE
HYGIENE
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
IRREVERSIBILITY
LEGISLATION
MARGINAL ANALYSIS
MONITORING DATA
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS
NATURAL RESOURCES
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY OF LIFE
QUALITY OF WATER
RECREATIONAL AREAS
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMEDIAL ACTIONS
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
RIVERS
SAFE WATER
SOIL DEGRADATION
SOIL EROSION
SOIL POLLUTION
SOIL PRODUCTIVITY
SOLID WASTE
STATISTICAL DATA
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
URBAN AIR POLLUTION
VALUATION
WASTE
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTEWATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER RESOURCES
WTP ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
REMEDIAL ACTIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DAMAGE FIGURES
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
AIR POLLUTION
SOIL DEGRADATION
SOIL EROSION
SALINITY
WATER POLLUTION
SAFE WATER SUPPLY
SANITATION
HYGIENE
COASTAL EROSION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
NATURAL RESOURCE DEPLETION
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
MEDICAL WASTES
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
ANALYTICAL METHODS
World Bank
Arab Republic of Egypt : Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
Egypt, Arab Republic of
description The report is a first step in a process towards the use of environmental damage cost assessments, for priority setting, and as an instrument for integrating environment, into economic, and social development. The report provides estimates of damage, and remediation cost for several areas of the environment, and, as areas of priority are identified, further analysis would be required for more accurate estimates. The damage cost of environmental degradation in Egypt in 1999, is estimated at 3.2-6.4 percent of GDP, with a mean estimate of 4.8 of GDP. In addition, the damage cost to the global environment is estimated at 0.6 percent of GDP. The cost of air pollution is assessed at 1.1-3.2 percent of GDP (urban outdoor and rural indoor), followed by soil degradation at 1.0-1.4 percent (erosion and salinity). In the area of water, the damage cost is estimated at 0.7-1.2 percent of GDP (mostly from the lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene). Cost of coastal zone degradation is estimated at 0.2.-0.4 percent of GDP, and, inadequate waste management at around 0.2 percent of GDP. Of the total damage cost, about two thirds comes from damages to health, and a third from natural resource degradation. It should be noted that no cost estimate is provided for degradation associated with industrial, hazardous, and hospital waste, as sufficient data were unavailable. Similarly, cost assessment of degradation associated with inadequately treated wastewater is limited, due to data constraints. Cost is also presented for a limited number of remedial actions, in each of the environmental areas for which damage cost is estimated. More detailed analysis is required in future work, in order to compare benefits of remediation, to reduction in damage marginal cost.
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Arab Republic of Egypt : Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation
title_short Arab Republic of Egypt : Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation
title_full Arab Republic of Egypt : Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation
title_fullStr Arab Republic of Egypt : Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation
title_full_unstemmed Arab Republic of Egypt : Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation
title_sort arab republic of egypt : cost assessment of environmental degradation
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/2081044/egypt-cost-assessment-environmental-degradation-sector-note
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15323
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