| Abstract
| - Complex sociopolitical, economic, and geographicalrealities cause the 20 million residents of Mexico City tosuffer from some of the worst air pollution conditions in theworld. Greenhouse gas emissions from the city are alsosubstantial, and opportunities for joint local−global airpollution control are being sought. Although a plethora ofmeasures to improve local air quality and reducegreenhouse gas emissions have been proposed forMexico City, resources are not available for implementationof all proposed controls and thus prioritization mustoccur. Yet policy makers often do not conduct comprehensivequantitative analyses to inform these decisions. Wereanalyze a subset of currently proposed control measures,and derive cost and health benefit estimates that aredirectly comparable. This study illustrates that improvedquantitative analysis can change implementation prioritizationfor air pollution and greenhouse gas control measures inMexico City.
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