Urban air pollution in megacities of the world

Urban air pollution in megacities of the world

Urban air pollution is a major environmental problem in the developing countries of the world. WHO and UNEP created an air pollution monitoring network as part of the Global Environment Monitoring System. This network now covers over 50 cities in 35 developing and developed countries throughout the...

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Published in:Atmospheric environment (1994) Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 681 - 686
Main Authors: Mage, David, Ozolins, Guntis, Peterson, Peter, Webster, Anthony, Orthofer, Rudi, Vandeweerd, Veerle, Gwynne, Michael
Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01-03-1996
Elsevier Science
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Atmospheric pollution
Exact sciences and technology
Pollution
GEMS
Urban air pollution potential
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Air pollution
Urban area
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Summary:Urban air pollution is a major environmental problem in the developing countries of the world. WHO and UNEP created an air pollution monitoring network as part of the Global Environment Monitoring System. This network now covers over 50 cities in 35 developing and developed countries throughout the world. The analyses of the data reported by the network over the past 15–20 yr indicate that the lessons of the prior experiences in the developed countries (U.S.A., U.K.) have not been learned. A study of air pollution in 20 of the 24 megacities of the world (over 10 million people by year 2000) shows that ambient air pollution concentrations are at levels where serious health effects are reported. The expected rise of population in the next century, mainly in the developing countries with a lack of capital for air pollution control, means that there is a great potential that conditions will worsen in many more cities that will reach megacity status. This paper maps the potential for air pollution that cities will experience in the future unless control strategies are developed and implemented during the next several decades.
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ISSN:1352-2310
1873-2844
DOI:10.1016/1352-2310(95)00219-7