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Clean air with economic growth: Optimization modeling

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Conflicts between the goals of having clean air and economic development are widespread. This paper discusses the conceptual and mathematical development of a linear programming optimization model and an interative solution procedure to determine optimal economic development strategies to promote employment subject to various contexts which limit air pollution carrying capacity. Three cases are formulated: (1) maximizing employment subject to ambient concentration constraints, (2) maximizing employment subject to emissions constraints, and (3) minimizing emissions subject to employment constraints. Empirical relationships using Census and pollutant inventory data describe a conceptual urban system, so that indirect and induced impacts of development strategies are also included. The modeling incorporates both point and nonpoint sources, and is shown to be adaptable for nonreactive emissions.

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    F. Douglas Muschett (Assistant Professor of Geography)

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Muschett, F.D. Clean air with economic growth: Optimization modeling. Environmental Management 6, 145–154 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01871433

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