Air quality interventions and spatial dynamics of air pollution in Delhi and its surroundings

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 85-111

  Kumar, Naresh ^a,b   Foster, Andrew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Air quality interventions; CNG; Compressed natural gas; Delhi; Spatial distribution of air pollution

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR QUALITY REGULATIONS; COARSE PARTICLES; DELHI; DELHI , INDIA; POLLUTION LEVEL; SPATIAL DYNAMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR QUALITY;

EID: 67650330562     PISSN: 14789876     EISSN: 14789868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2009.026886     Document Type: Article

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