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Cover; Air Pollution XXVI; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Section 1: Air pollution assessment and analysis; Analysing air pollution and its management through the lens of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: a review and assessment; Qualitative assessment of links between exposure to noise and air pollution and socioeconomic status; Section 2: Aerosols and particles; Study of air contamination by heavy metals at firing ranges; Towards improved bioaerosol model validation and verification.

"Episodes of air pollution throughout the 20th and 21st centuries have had a huge influence socially, economically and politically. From the Great Smog of London to the Kuwait Oil Fires, and from the ashes of Mount St Helens to air pollution in Beijing, this book chronicles their enduring legacies in medicine, science and public policy. Using technical information and insight from witnesses directly involved in the incidents, ten key episodes are brought together to allow comparison and analysis. Written for students, academics and professionals of atmospheric physics and chemistry, environmental science, public policy and other clinical disciplines, Air Pollution Episodes provides the unique opportunity to understand and learn from the most famous and sometimes devastating incidences of air pollution globally."--Publisher's website

Intro -- AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS -- AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS IN BUILDINGS ENVIRONMENT AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL -- 3. ENERGY CONSUMPTION -- 4. BIOGAS PRODUCTION -- 5. WAVE POWER CONVERSION DEVICES -- 6. ETHANOL PRODUCTION -- 7. BIOMASS CHP -- 8. GEOTHERMAL ENERGY -- 9. LANDFILL GAS -- 10. ENERGY EFFICIENCY -- 11. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE -- 12. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF ENERGY CONVERSION AND USE -- 13. GREENHOUSES ENVIRONMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Chapter 2: HYDROCARBON AIR POLLUTION LASER MONITORING -- ABSTRACT -- 1. THE HYDROCARBON MOLECULES -- 2 THE DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION AND SCATTERING LIDAR EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES AND COMPUTER SIMULATION RESULTS -- 3. RAMAN LIDAR EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES AND COMPUTER SIMULATION RESULTS -- 4. THE HYDROCARBON MOLECULES CONCENTRATION REMOTE MEASUREMENT BY SPACE RAMAN LIDAR -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF MARINE AEROSOLS VIA THE SWELL AND THE OCEANIC WAVES ON THE PM10 CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENTS AT URBAN MARINE LOCATIONS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GUIDELINE VALUES FOR THE PM10 CONCENTRATION LEVELS -- 3. EXPERIMENTAL SET-UPS AND MEASUREMENTS -- 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: INVENTORY AND BEHAVIOUR OF AIR POLLUTANTS IN AN URBAN AREA OF THE NW OF SPAIN -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. STUDY CASE -- 3. EMISSIONS -- 4. BEHAVIOUR OF POLLUTANTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS) IN THE ATMOSPHERE. AN OVERVIEW OF THE SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SAMPLING METHODS.

Containing the papers presented at the twentieth in a series of annual International Conferences dealing with Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution this proceedings deals with advances in a wide variety of topics. These include: Air pollution modelling; Air quality management; Air pollution problems in Thailand; Emission studies; Indoor air pollution; Monitoring and measuring; Air pollution mitigation; Health effects; Innovative technologies; Carbon sequestration.

The proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, builds upon the prestigious outcomes of the 21 preceding meetings beginning in 1993.Topics covered include: Air pollution modelling; Air pollution mitigation; Air pollution management; Aerosols and particles; Emission studies.

The Air Pollution Toile is a prototype wallpaper created to spark discussions about internal air pollution. The wallpaper gradually changes over time in response to common pollutants including nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and carbon monoxide. Over some years, the inks in the wallpaper reveal the hidden physiological impacts of air pollution such as lung disease, heart disease, stroke, cancer and dementia, using medical imagery, and embedding these in drawings of everyday activities through which people are involved in producing and being exposed to air pollution. Rather than seeking to simply visualise data, the wallpaper translates across different aspects of air pollution, linking data gathering and representation, production of and exposure to pollutants, public health and everyday life and science and interior design. Its inventive graphical language uses traditions associated with toile de Jouy to bring into view contemporary realities and political issues in a domestic setting.

Air pollution issues remain one of the most challenging problems facing the international community. The included papers, which were presented at the 28th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, provide an invaluable record of recent developments in the science and policies pertaining to air pollution

Intro -- Title page -- Table of Contents -- Copyright -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Traffic-related air pollution: Emissions, human exposures, and health: An introduction -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 2: Air pollution, air quality, vehicle emissions, and environmental regulations -- Abstract -- Sources of air pollution -- Pollutant concentration and units -- History of air pollution control regulations in the United States -- Pollutant emission trends in the United States -- Transportation emissions in the United States

This volume of the IARC monographs provides an evaluation of the carcinogenicity of outdoor air pollution. Outdoor air pollution is a complex mixture of pollutants originating from natural and anthropogenic sources, including transportation, power generation, industrial activity, biomass burning, and domestic heating and cooking. The mix of pollutants in outdoor air varies widely in space and time, reflecting the diversity of sources and the influence of atmospheric processes. Commonly measured air pollutants include particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10), nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide; the concentration of particulate matter is often used as an indicator of pollution levels. Millions of people worldwide are exposed to outdoor air pollution at levels that substantially exceed existing health-based guidelines. This evaluation is the culmination of a series that has examined individual pollutants that are contained in the mixture of outdoor air. Related previous evaluations have been published in IARC Monographs Volumes 92, 93, 95, 100C, 100E, 103, and 105. An IARC Monographs Working Group reviewed epidemiological studies, animal cancer bioassays, and mechanistic data to assess the carcinogenic hazards of exposure to outdoor air pollution and particulate air pollution. --

In this short critical perspective, we outline the serious problems caused by air pollution in Europe. Using two types of metrics, level assessment and trend assessment, we quantify the contribution of ammonia, NO(x), SO(x), non‐methane volatile organic compounds, and particulate matter in terms of years of life lost per capita and explain the connection between the various pollutants and their effects on human health and the environment. This is done on the basis of data collected by individual European Union (EU) member states as well as by the EU as a whole. We examine general emission trends as well as sector‐specific emissions and discuss the effectiveness of current legislation in reducing health risks and environmental damage. By combining these results with a cost–benefit analysis, we show that a further reduction in NO(x) emissions is the most urgent and potentially the most beneficial.