Urban air quality in mega cities: A case study of Delhi City using vulnerability analysis

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 257-265

  Jain, Suresh ^a   Khare, Mukesh ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Decisions; Emission inventory; Policy; Urban air pollution; Vulnerability analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN (AQMP); VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CARBON MONOXIDE; LEAD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION INVENTORY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION; VULNERABILITY;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; INDIA; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 36549055189     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9681-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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