Análisis comparativo de metodologías de valoración económica ambiental aplicables a la cuantificación de los efectos negativos generados en la salud en comunidades aledañas a rellenos sanitarios: El caso de Doña Juana en Bogotá D.C

Abstract

This research allows a comparison of the methods of the Environmental Economic Assessment (EA) specifically with respect to the effects generated on the health of the communities surrounding the RSDJ; thus allowing to analyze and conclude which is the most convenient method to value this type of effects, through the collection of both primary and secondary information. During the first stage of this research, the collection of secondary information was carried out, which allowed to know in a more assertive way the effects that are generated in the health of people as a result of the proximity to sanitary landfills, as well as the studies carried out in this field specifically for the Colombian case, and finally it was possible to know the state of the art at world level with respect to the methods of economic valuation applicable to the effects generated in health by the operation of sanitary landfills. Next, primary information was collected by means of surveys to a determined sample of the community, which was determined taking into account the direct influence zone and the so-called “control zone”. Finally, taking into account the results obtained from the information analysis and field data collection, a comparative analysis of the methodologies applicable to the assessment of the health effects due to the proximity to the RSDJ was carried out, based on criteria such as the available sources of information and their quality, thus generating a tool for territorial planning and for the economic valuation for the generation of policies and regulations on the subject.