Review of Urban Air Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa Region : Air Quality Profile of SSA Countries

In Africa, urban outdoor air pollution is responsible for an estimated 49,000 premature deaths annually with indoor use of solid fuels being responsible for eight times this value, the main burden being borne by Sub Saharan African countries. Air p...

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Main Author:	Schwela, Dieter
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCIDENTS ACID ACIDIFICATION ADVERSE IMPACT AEROSOLS AGENDA 21 AIR AIR MONITORING AIR POLLUTANT AIR POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS AIR POLLUTION IMPACTS AIR POLLUTION INFORMATION AIR POLLUTION MONITORING AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY DATA AIR QUALITY GUIDELINES AIR QUALITY INFORMATION AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AMBIENT AIR AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AROMATICS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION AUDITS AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILES AVERAGE TRIP LENGTHS BENZENE BIKES BIOLOGICAL SPECIES BIOMASS BLACK CARBON BOILERS BUSES CAI CARBON CARBON MONOXIDE CARS CATALYTIC CONVERTER CH4 CLEAN AIR CLEAN AIR INITIATIVE CLEANER FUELS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAL COMBUSTION CONCENTRATIONS OF POLLUTANTS CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE COPPER COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DESERTIFICATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIESEL DIESEL EXHAUST DIESEL FUEL DIOXINS DNA DRIVING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS EMISSION EMISSION CHARGES EMISSION CONTROL EMISSION CONTROLS EMISSION DATA EMISSION ESTIMATES EMISSION PERMITS EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS EMISSION STANDARD EMISSION STANDARDS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS CONTROL EMISSIONS FACTORS EMISSIONS INVENTORIES EMISSIONS STANDARDS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EUTROPHICATION EVAPORATION EXHAUST EMISSIONS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINE PARTICLES FOREST FOREST FIRES FORMALDEHYDE FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FREE GASOLINE FUEL FUEL OIL FUEL QUALITY FUEL STANDARDS FUEL USE FUELS GASOLINE GHGS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GASES HC HUMAN HEALTH HYBRID VEHICLES HYDROCARBONS INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS INSPECTION INTERSECTIONS IPCC LANDFILLS MANGANESE METHANE MINES MOBILE SOURCES MONITORING EQUIPMENT MONTREAL MONTREAL PROTOCOL MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER MOTOR CYCLES NH3 NICKEL NITROGEN NITROGEN DIOXIDE NITROGEN OXIDES NO2 NOX O3 OLEFINS OPEN BURNING ORGANIC POLLUTANTS OZONE OZONE DEPLETION OZONE LAYER PAINTS PARTICLE PARTICLES PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PESTICIDES PETROLEUM CONSUMPTION PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PH PM10 POLICE POLICY MAKERS POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS POLLUTANT EMISSIONS POLLUTERS POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION EMISSION POLLUTION LEVELS POLLUTION PREVENTION POLLUTION PROBLEMS POPULATION GROWTH POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS PP PRECIPITATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM ROAD ROADS SMOKE SO2 SOCIAL COSTS SOLAR IRRADIANCE SOX STATIONARY SOURCE STATIONARY SOURCES STRATOSPHERIC OZONE STYRENE SULPHUR SULPHUR DIOXIDE SUSPENDED DUST SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAXI DRIVERS TEMPERATURE TOLUENE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOW TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT SECTOR TRIP TRUCKS TRUE UNEP UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME URBAN AIR URBAN AIR POLLUTION URBAN AIR QUALITY URBAN AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN MOBILITY URBAN TRANSPORT VEHICLE VEHICLE DRIVERS VEHICLE EMISSION VEHICLE EMISSIONS VEHICLE FLEET VEHICLE FLEETS VEHICLES VOC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS WASTE MANAGEMENT WILDLIFE WIND WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
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