Sustainability matters : Asia's green challenge / editors, Lye Lin-Heng [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lye, Lin Heng, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental management--Asia.

Environmental management.

Environmental policy--Asia.

Environmental policy.

Sustainable development--Asia.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1107 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sustainability Matters is a compilation of some of the best research papers by students from the National University of Singapore's inter-disciplinary graduate programme in environmental studies, the MSc in Environmental Management [MEM]. This collection is for the period 2009/10 to 2011/12. As the period covers 3 academic years, the papers have been split into two volumes: Sustainability Matters: Asia's Green Challenges , and Sustainability Matters: Asia's Energy Concerns, Green Policies and Environmental Advocacy . These two volumes are the third and fourth compilation by the programme, and

Contents:

Volume 1; Preface and Acknowledgments; Message from Lee Tzu Yang, Chairman, Shell Companies in Singapore; Message from Chair, MEM Advisory Committee; Message from Dean, School of Design and Environment; About the Authors; About the Supervisors; CONTENTS; Managing Development as a Sustainable Proposition; 1. Introduction; 2. Development Challenges in Ecological Contexts; 3. Eco-Development: An Experiment in Progress; a) The demographic variable; b) The capitalistic economic system and consumption; c) The Ecosystem Carrying Capacities; Environmental Limitations; 4. Where Do We Go from Here?

5. Concluding ThoughtsReferences; Part I: Air Pollution; Chapter 1: Development of Urban Traffic Pollution Control Strategies in Asian Cities: A Case Study from Chennai, India; 1. Introduction: The Evolution of Transport and its Sustainability in Contemporary Time; 1.1 Sustainability in the Transportation Sector - A Broad Outlook; 1.2 Sustainability in the Asian Context; 2. Asian Transportation Systems; 2.1 Characteristics of Asian Transport Systems; 2.2 Impacts of Automobile Dependency; 2.3 Motorization in Asia

2.4 Inadequate Transportation Facilities and the Resulting Urban Transport Crisis in Asia2.5 Incompatible Traffic Mixes in Asia; 3. Air Pollution from Vehicles; 3.1 Emissions from Gasoline Vehicles; 3.2 Emissions from Diesel Vehicles; 3.3 Consequences of Fuel Quality (Gasoline and Diesel) on Emissions; 3.4 Emissions from Traffic Congestion; 3.5 Factors Aggravating Vehicular Emissions; 3.6 Euro Norms for Fuel; 3.7 Pollution from Transportation and Resulting Climate Change from Exhaust; 4. Characteristics of Study Area - Chennai, India; 5. Need for Studying Vehicular Emissions

5.1 Objectives of the Research6. Research Methodology; 6.1 Data Collection (Study Year: 2010-2011); 7. Analysis and Discussion on Findings; 8. Policy Measures for Improvements in Air Quality; 8.1 Economics of Vehicular Air Pollution; 8.2 Policy Measures to Curb Pollution; 9. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Assessment and Abatement Measures for Vehicular Air Pollution in Colombo, Sri Lanka; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Vehicular Air Pollution in Colombo; 1.2 Objectives of the Study; 2. Air Pollutants; 2.1 Carbon Monoxide (CO); 2.2 Nitrogen Oxides (NOX)

2.3 Hydrocarbons (HCs) and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)2.4 Photochemical Smog and Ozone; 2.5 Particulate Matter; 2.6 Oxides of Sulfur; 2.7 Lead; 2.8 Air Quality and Vehicular Emissions; 2.9 Quantifying Pollutant Emissions from Vehicles; 2.9.1 Emission factors; 2.10 Emissions Inventory; 3. Methodology; 3.1 Data Collection; 3.2 Vehicular Emissions; 3.3 Vehicular Population, Annual Mileages and Fuel Economy Data; 3.4 Fuel Consumption; 3.5 Procedure for Colombo Air Quality Analysis; 3.6 Calculation of Emission Factors; 3.7 Emission Inventory for Automobiles; 4. Results and Discussion

4.1 Air Quality Data

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

981-4546-82-8