Abstract
Urban air quality is highly dynamic and it is largely controlled by micrometeorological conditions as well as anthropogeinic emissions. The unprecedented growth of urban centres, industries and vehicles population have resulted in serious air quality problems in several countries. In this chapter we briefly discuss urban air pollution, types of air pollutants, sources of air pollution, air quality trends, current air pollution issues and air quality management options.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Anderson HR, Atkinson RW, Peacock J, Marston L, Konstantinou K, World Health Organization (2004) Meta-analysis of time-series studies and panel studies of particulate matter (PM) and ozone (O3): report of a WHO task group (No. EUR/04/5046026). WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen
Badarinath KVS, Kharol SK, Kaskaoutis DG, Sharma AR, Ramaswamy V, Kambezidis HD (2010) Long-range transport of dust aerosols over the Arabian Sea and Indian region—a case study using satellite data and ground-based measurements. Glob Planet Change 72:164
Begum A, Biswas K, Pandit G et al (2011) Long range transport of soil dust and smoke pollution in the South Asian region. Atmos Pollut Res 2:151–157
Chandrappa R, Kulshrestha UC (2015) Sustainable air pollution management: theory and practice. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21596-9
Gupta GP, Singh S, Kumar B, Kulshrestha UC (2015) Industrial dust sulphate and its effects on biochemical and morphological characteristics of Morus (Morus Alba) plant in NCR Delhi. Environ Monit Assess. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4301-4
Kuehn BM (2014) WHO: more than 7 million air pollution deaths each year. JAMA 311:1486
Kulshrestha UC, Kumar B (2014) Airmass trajectories and long range transport of pollutants: review of wet deposition scenario in South Asia. Adv Meteorol 2014:596041. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/596041
Ostro B, World Health Organization (2004) Outdoor air pollution: assessing the environmental burden of disease at national and local levels
Ramanathan V, Feng Y (2009) Air pollution, greenhouse gases and climate change: global and regional perspectives. Atmos Environ 43(2009):37–50
Rodhe H, Persson C, Åkesson O (1972) An investigation into regional transport of soot and sulfate aerosols. Atmos Environ (1967) 6(9), 675–693
WHO (2016) Urban ambient air pollution database. Available online: http://www.who.int/phe/health_topics/outdoorair/databases/who-aap-database-may 2016.xlsx (accessed on 4 July 2020)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2021 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Shiva Nagendra, S.M., Khare, M., Schlink, U., Peter, A.E. (2021). Introduction to Urban Air Pollution. In: Shiva Nagendra, S.M., Schlink, U., Müller, A., Khare, M. (eds) Urban Air Quality Monitoring, Modelling and Human Exposure Assessment. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5511-4_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5511-4_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-15-5510-7
Online ISBN: 978-981-15-5511-4
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)