Air pollution and health in rapidly developing countries / edited by Gordon McGranahan and Frank Murray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGranahan, Gordon.

Murray, Frank, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air--Pollution--Health aspects--Developing countries.

Air.

Environmental health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Air pollution & health in rapidly developing countries

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In developing countries the price of rapid growth is all too often noxious airborne pollution, which annually contributes to a disturbing number of avoidable deaths. In recent decades, however, there has been considerable progress in the epidemiology of air pollution, significant changes in international air pollution guidelines, and the emergence of more systematic approaches to air pollution control. While many of these advances have originated in affluent countries, there have been major developments in other parts of the world.In this book, a distinguished cast of leading researchers in bo

Contents:

""Air Pollution and Health in Rapidly Developing Countries""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""List of Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: Air Pollution and Health in Developing Countries � The Context""; ""Objectives""; ""Air Pollution in its Historical Context""; ""Types and Sources of Air Pollution""; ""Policies and Development of Standards""; ""Summary of the Contents""; ""1 Health-damaging Air Pollution: A Matter of Scale""; ""Introduction""; ""Risk Transition""

""Environmental Pathway Analysis""""Exposure Assessment""; ""Major Cross-scale Effects""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""2 Air Pollution and Health � Studies in the Americas and Europe""; ""Introduction""; ""Health Effects of Ozone (O3)""; ""Health Effects of Particulate Matter (PM)""; ""Health Effects of Diesel Engine Exhaust""; ""Discussion and Conclusions""; ""3 Air Pollution and Health in Developing Countries: A Review of Epidemiological Evidence""; ""Introduction""; ""Global Concentration Patterns of Outdoor Air Pollution""; ""Health Effects of Particulate Matter and Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)""

""Health Effects of Ozone""""Health Effects of Nitrogen Dioxide""; ""Health Effects of Carbon Monoxide""; ""Health Effects of Lead""; ""Conclusions""; ""4 Local Ambient Air Quality Management""; ""Introduction""; ""Use of WHO Guidelines for Air Quality in Local Air Quality Management""; ""Enforcement of Air Quality Standards: Clean Air Implementation Plans""; ""Urban Air Quality Management in Europe""; ""5 Rapid Assessment of Air Pollution and Health: Making Optimal Use of Data for Policy- and Decision-making""; ""Introduction""; ""Rapid Epidemiological Assessment""

""Individual Level Assessment Methods""""Group Level Assessment Methods""; ""Risk Assessment""; ""Collection of Individual and Aggregate Level Data""; ""Conclusions""; ""6 A Systematic Approach to Air Quality Management: Examples from the URBAIR Cities""; ""Urban Air Quality Management and the URBAIR Project""; ""Physical Assessment""; ""Cost�benefit Analysis of Selected Measures""; ""Action Plans""; ""Policy Instruments and Plans for Air Quality Improvement in URBAIR Cities""; ""Example: The Guangzhou Action Plan for Improved Air Quality""; ""Conclusions""; ""7 Indoor Air Pollution""

""Introduction""""Concentrations and Exposures""; ""Health Effects""; ""Health Impacts""; ""Knowledge Gaps and Necessary Research""; ""Interventions""; ""Conclusions""; ""8 Vehicle Emissions and Health in Developing Countries""; ""Background and Introduction""; ""Vehicle Population Trends and Characteristics""; ""Adverse Health Effects Resulting from Vehicle Emissions""; ""Strategies to Reduce Vehicle Emissions""; ""Conclusions""; ""9 Air Quality in Hong Kong and the Impact of Pollution on Health 1988�1997""; ""Background""; ""Methods""; ""Findings""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusions""

""10 Air Pollution and its Impacts on Health in Santiago, Chile""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-57183-3

1-84977-046-8

1-280-47593-5

1-85383-985-X

1-136-57184-1

9786610475933

9781849770460

OCLC:

55894285