Tools for Improving Air Quality Management : A Review of Top-down Source Apportionment Techniques and Their Application in Developing Countries
Building an effective air quality management system (AQMS) requires a process of continual improvement, and the source apportionment techniques described in this report can contribute in a cost effective manner to improving existing systems or even...
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okr-10986-174882021-04-23T14:03:39Z Tools for Improving Air Quality Management : A Review of Top-down Source Apportionment Techniques and Their Application in Developing Countries Johnson, Todd M. Guttikunda, Sarath Wells, Gary J. Artaxo, Paulo Bond, Tami C. Russell, Armistead G. Watson, John G. West, Jason AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT CARBON CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO COLORS CONVERGENCE DIESEL EMISSION EMISSION ESTIMATES PARTICLES PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PARTICULATES PM10 RADIATIVE FORCING VISIBILITY Building an effective air quality management system (AQMS) requires a process of continual improvement, and the source apportionment techniques described in this report can contribute in a cost effective manner to improving existing systems or even as the first step to begin an AQMS. This is good news for many developing country cities where the combination of rapid growth, dirty fuels, and old and polluting technologies are overwhelming the capacities of cities to control air pollution. For these cities, source apportionment offers policymakers practical tools for identifying and quantifying the different sources of air pollution, and thereby increasing the ability to put in place effective policy measures to reduce air pollution to acceptable levels. This report arises from a concern over the lack of objective and scientifically-based information on the contributions of different sources of air pollution, especially for fi ne particulate matter (PM), in developing countries. PM is the air pollutant of most concern for adverse health effects, and in urban areas alone accounts for approximately 800,000 premature deaths worldwide each year. 2014-03-28T20:20:47Z 2014-03-28T20:20:47Z 2011-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/18382056/tools-improving-air-quality-management-review-top-down-sourcebrapportionment-techniques-application-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17488 English en_US ESMAP formal report;no. 339/11 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: ESMAP Paper Publications & Research |
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AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT CARBON CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO COLORS CONVERGENCE DIESEL EMISSION EMISSION ESTIMATES PARTICLES PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PARTICULATES PM10 RADIATIVE FORCING VISIBILITY |
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AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT CARBON CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO COLORS CONVERGENCE DIESEL EMISSION EMISSION ESTIMATES PARTICLES PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PARTICULATES PM10 RADIATIVE FORCING VISIBILITY Johnson, Todd M. Guttikunda, Sarath Wells, Gary J. Artaxo, Paulo Bond, Tami C. Russell, Armistead G. Watson, John G. West, Jason Tools for Improving Air Quality Management : A Review of Top-down Source Apportionment Techniques and Their Application in Developing Countries |
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Building an effective air quality
management system (AQMS) requires a process of continual
improvement, and the source apportionment techniques
described in this report can contribute in a cost effective
manner to improving existing systems or even as the first
step to begin an AQMS. This is good news for many developing
country cities where the combination of rapid growth, dirty
fuels, and old and polluting technologies are overwhelming
the capacities of cities to control air pollution. For these
cities, source apportionment offers policymakers practical
tools for identifying and quantifying the different sources
of air pollution, and thereby increasing the ability to put
in place effective policy measures to reduce air pollution
to acceptable levels. This report arises from a concern over
the lack of objective and scientifically-based information
on the contributions of different sources of air pollution,
especially for fi ne particulate matter (PM), in developing
countries. PM is the air pollutant of most concern for
adverse health effects, and in urban areas alone accounts
for approximately 800,000 premature deaths worldwide each year. |
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Publications & Research :: ESMAP Paper |
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Johnson, Todd M. Guttikunda, Sarath Wells, Gary J. Artaxo, Paulo Bond, Tami C. Russell, Armistead G. Watson, John G. West, Jason |
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Johnson, Todd M. Guttikunda, Sarath Wells, Gary J. Artaxo, Paulo Bond, Tami C. Russell, Armistead G. Watson, John G. West, Jason |
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Johnson, Todd M. |
| title |
Tools for Improving Air Quality Management : A Review of Top-down Source Apportionment Techniques and Their Application in Developing Countries |
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Tools for Improving Air Quality Management : A Review of Top-down Source Apportionment Techniques and Their Application in Developing Countries |
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Tools for Improving Air Quality Management : A Review of Top-down Source Apportionment Techniques and Their Application in Developing Countries |
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Tools for Improving Air Quality Management : A Review of Top-down Source Apportionment Techniques and Their Application in Developing Countries |
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Tools for Improving Air Quality Management : A Review of Top-down Source Apportionment Techniques and Their Application in Developing Countries |
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tools for improving air quality management : a review of top-down source apportionment techniques and their application in developing countries |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/18382056/tools-improving-air-quality-management-review-top-down-sourcebrapportionment-techniques-application-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17488 |
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