Air Pollution Health and Environmental Impacts

Rapid growth in energy consumption, driven by increasing world population and economic prosperity, is resulting in an unprecedented increase in pollutant emissions, making air pollution one of the most important environmental problems in urban areas. Air pollution has serious impacts on public health, causes urban and regional haze, and has the potential to contribute significantly to global climate change. Unique in its wide range of content and international authorship, this book discusses the impacts of air pollution on population health. A comprehensive overview, it provides policy makers and government officials the tools they need to make effective and informed decisions.

Air pollution is recognized as one of the leading contributors to the global environmental burden of disease, even in countries with relatively low concentrations of air pollution. Air Pollution: Health and Environmental Impacts examines the effect of this complex problem on human health and the environment in different settings around the world. It not only covers general modeling, monitoring, and characterization techniques but also includes field studies and cases that offer valuable insight into region-specific issues. With contributions from a distinguished group of international experts, the book explores ways of controlling air pollution and mitigating its adverse effects on human health and the environment. Often taking a regional and global perspective, it discusses the monitoring and source characterization of air pollution, the theory and application of air quality modeling, health effects and risk assessment, and the environmental impacts of air pollution. The book also addresses air quality management and relevant policy issues. Along with providing an understanding of the scientific basis of air pollution, this volume helps readers better appreciate social and environmental determinants of public health and apply country-based research evidence to reduce health disparities and environmental inequalities. It also encourages future research and policy action on the health and environmental consequences of air pollution from the local to global level.

Air Pollution: Health and Environmental Concerns, Bhola R. Gurjar, Luisa T. Molina, and C.S.P. Ojha Air Pollution Monitoring and ModelingAir Pollution Monitoring and Source Characterization, Anita Lakhani, Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, and Bhola R. GurjarAir Pollution Modeling: Theory and Application, C.S.P. Ojha, Marcelo Mena, Sarath Guttikunda, Bhola R. Gurjar, and Wenfang Lei Air Pollution and Health EffectsIndoor Air Pollution and Health Effects, Radha Goyal and Mukesh KhareEffects of Indoor Air Pollution from Biomass Fuel Use on Women’s Health in India, Twisha Lahiri and Manas Ranjan RayHealth Effects of Urban Air Pollution in India, Manas Ranjan Ray and Twisha LahiriAir Pollutants Exposure and Health Effects during the MILAGRO-MCMA 2006 Campaign, Horacio Tovalin, Olf Herbarth, Martha P. Sierra-Vargas, Bo Strandberg, Salvador Blanco, Libia Vega, Constantinos Sioutas, Juan José Hicks, Rubén Marroquín, Gustavo Acosta, Marco Guarneros, Vicente Hernández, Elizabeth Estrada-Muñiz, Ivonne Ma Olivares, Dora A. Pérez, Yessica D. Torres-Ramos, Frank Ulrich, Robyn Hudson, Ernesto Reyes, Tracy Rodríguez, Guillermo Elizondo, and Eliseo Cantellano Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Sources, Distribution, and Health Implications, Nirat Rajput and Anita LakhaniCellular Mechanisms behind Particulate Matter Air Pollution-Related Health Effects, Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno, Claudia García-Cuellar, Andrea De-Vizcaya-Ruiz, Leonora Rojas-Bracho, and Alvaro R. Osornio-Vargas Health Risk Assessment and ManagementEmission of Airborne Particulate Matter in Indoor Environments: Exposure and Risk Assessment, Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, See Siao Wei, and Sathrugnan KarthikeyanEstimation of Health Impacts due to PM10 in Major Indian Cities, P. Nema and S.K. GoyalHealth Risk Assessment and Management for Air Toxics in Indian Environment, Manju Mohan and Bhola R. Gurjar Air Quality Management: Techniques and Policy AspectsThe Economics of Air Pollution: Theories, Valuation Methods, and Policy Aspects, Dilek DemirbasElements of Air Quality Management: Atmospheric Science Tools for Developing Effective Policy, Jeffrey R. Brook, Michael D. Moran, William Pennell, and Lorraine Craig Environmental Impacts of Air PollutionAssessing Ground-Level Ozone (O3) Impacts to Crops in Parts of Asia and Southern Africa: The Regional Air Pollution in Developing Countries (RAPIDC) Crops Project, L.D. Emberson, P. Büker, M. Engardt, A.M. van Tienhoven, M. Agrawal, M. Zunckel, K. Hicks, H. Pleijel, N.T. Kim Oanh, L.P. Amgain, T. Islam, S.R.A. Shamsi, G.A.D. Perera, G.H.J. Krüger, and P.R. SmitImpacts of Air Pollution on Ecosystem and Human Health: A Sustainability Perspective, Ioan Manuel Ciumasu and Naela CosticaRegional and Global Environmental Issues of Air Pollution, Luisa T. Molina and Bhola R. Gurjar Index

Bhola R. Gurjar is an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Roorkee. Dr. Gurjar is also head of the Max Planck Partner Group for Megacities and Climate Change. Luisa T. Molina is the principal research scientist in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Molina is also president of the Molina Center for Energy and the Environment in La Jolla, California. C.S.P. Ojha is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Roorkee.