A Metamodeling approach for integrated assessment of air quality policies

摘要

A method is proposed to build integrated models (also called "Metamodels") aimed at quantifying the economic efficiency of air quality policies. This "Metamodeling" approach is based on the coupling of two complementary models, that operate at different scales in space and time, and which represent the economic and the physical and chemical processes, respectively. The joint consideration of the physico-chemical and techno-economic structure of the pollution control problems permits a comprehensive evaluation of air pollution abatement strategies. The motivating pollution control problems include urban-regional air quality management through efficient energy and traffic control policies. A pilot study, exploiting data collected in the Geneva canton (Switzerland), is used to demonstrate the potential of the approach.