Pollution occurs when the concentration of various chemical or biological constituents exceed a level implying negative impact on amenities, the eco-system, resources and human health. Oil spills are the serious environmental   hazards which often exhibit long-term impacts. The main objective of response to an oil spill is to reduce its impact on nature and human health. This paper allows us to...

Changes in mortality inequalities among middle-aged individuals were examined using a household amenities variable with analogous interpretation and distribution over time. Data were taken from the census-based Israel Longitudinal Mortality Studies I (1983-92, n = 91 656) and II (1995-2004, n = 120 973). Mortality differentials in socio-economic gradients for high household amenities showed rel...

Transformations have led to questionable environmental qualities in housing neighbourhoods. Urban areas Africa, and Kenya particular are faced with an increased growth of planned settlements transforming into unplanned units. Most researches on transformations concentrated the dwelling units but little has been done other aspects such as social amenities. The study therefore draws attention thi...

In the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, New Zealand stood out with its ambitious elimination goal and small death count per capita. The country’s strategy included full lockdown measures that were strict by international standards. this paper we investigate whether Zealand’s lockdowns brought significant changes to dwelling price capitalisation of environmental amenities. Our results show a nua...

General equilibrium models in which compensation for local amenities occurs in both housing and labour markets have been widely used to generate implicit amenity prices and regional quality of life indices. An implication and prospective test of such models is that individuals who are outside the labour market have an incentive to locate in regions where amenities are capitalised into wages. In...

This paper examines the effects of county-level urbanization and natural amenities on subjective well-being (SWB) in the U.S. SWB is measured using individual-level data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) which asks respondents to rate their overall life satisfaction. Using individual-level SWB data allows us to control for several important individual characteristics. ...

We present theory and evidence highlighting the role of natural amenities in neighborhood dynamics, suburbanization, and variation across cities in the persistence of the spatial distribution of income. Our model generates three predictions that we confirm using a novel database of consistent-boundary neighborhoods in U.S. metropolitan areas, 1880–2010, and spatial data for natural features suc...