Health impacts of particulate pollution in a megacity-Delhi, India

Environmental Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-20

  Guttikunda, Sarath K ^a,b   Goel, Rahul ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality management; Dispersion modeling; Emissions inventory; Pollution control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877109344     PISSN: 22114645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Advani, M., 2007. Developing a Demand Estimation Model for Delhi Metro, Ph.D Dissertation, Transport research and injury prevention program. Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India.
2. Apte J.S., Kirchstetter T.W., Reich A.H., Deshpande S.J., Kaushik G., Chel A., et al. Concentrations of fine, ultrafine, and black carbon particles in auto-rickshaws in New Delhi, India. Atmospheric Environment 2011, 45:4470-4480.
3. Atkinson R.W., Cohen A., Mehta S., Anderson H.R. Systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological time-series studies on outdoor air pollution and health in Asia. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health 2011, 5:383-391.
4. Badami M.G. Transport and urban air pollution in India. Environmental Management 2005, 36:195-204.
5. Balakrishnan K., Ganguli B., Ghosh S., Sambandam S., Roy S., Chatterjee A. A spatially disaggregated time-series analysis of the short-term effects of particulate matter exposure on mortality in Chennai, India. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health 2011, 1-11.
6. BEE, 2010. Perform, Achieve, and Trade (PAT) Energy Trading Scheme, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
7. Bell M.L., Davis D.L., Gouveia N., Borja-Aburto V.H., Cifuentes L.A. The avoidable health effects of air pollution in three Latin American cities: Santiago, São Paulo, and Mexico City. Environmental Research 2006, 100:431-440.
8. Calori G., Carmichael G.R. An urban trajectory model for sulfur in Asian megacities: model concepts and preliminary application. Atmospheric Environment 1999, 33:3109-3117.
9. CBHI, 2010. National Health Profile 2010, Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
10. Census-India, 2012. Census of India, 2011. The Governement of India, New Delhi, India.
11. Chhabra S.K., Chhabra P., Rajpal S., Gupta R.K. Ambient air pollution and chronic respiratory morbidity in Delhi. Archives of Environmental Health 2001, 56:8.
12. Colbeck I., Nasir Z., Ali Z. The state of ambient air quality in Pakistan-a review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2009, 17:49-63.
13. CoST, 2002. Report of Committe on Sustainable Transport Committe on Sustainable Transportation, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
14. CPCB, 2010. Air quality monitoring, emission inventory and source apportionment study for Indian cities, Central Pollution Control Board, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
15. Cropper M.L., Simon N.B., Alberini A., Arora S., Sharma P.K. The health benefits of air pollution control in Delhi. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 1997, 79:1625-1629.
16. Cropper, M.L., Limonov, A., Malik, K., Singh, A., 2011. Estimating the Impact of Restructuring on Electricity Generation Efficiency: The Case of the Indian Thermal Power Sector. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series no. 17383.
17. CSE, 2012. Maintaining air quality gains of CNG: agenda for 2nd generation reforms to combat air pollution in Delhi. Center for Science and Environment, New Delhi, India.
18. DoES, 2010. Annual Report on Registration of Births and Deaths in Delhi. Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
19. Dominici F., P.R.D.B.M.L., et al. Fine particulate air pollution and hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. JAMA. The Journal of the American Medical Association 2006, 295:1127-1134.
20. Firdaus G., Ahmad A. Changing air quality in Delhi, India: determinants, trends, and policy implications. Regional Environmental Change 2011, 11:743-752.
21. GAINS, 2010. Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies-South Asia Program. International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
22. Goswami P., Baruah J. Simulation of daily variation of suspended particulate matter over Delhi: relative roles of vehicular emission, dust, and domestic appliances. Monthly Weather Review 2008, 136:3597-3607.
23. Green-Peace, 2011. Dirty Talking? Case for Telecom to Shift from Diesel to Renewables. Green Peace India Society, New Delhi, India.
24. GRUMP Gridded Population of the World and Global Rural and Urban Mapping Project. Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) of the Earth Institute 2010, Columbia University, New York, USA.
25. Gupta S.K., Gupta S.C., Agarwal R., Sushma S., Agrawal S.S., Saxena R. A multicentric case-control study on the impact of air pollution on eyes in a metropolitan city of India. Indian Journal of Occupational Environmental Medicine 2007, 11:37-40.
26. Guttikunda S., Gurjar B. Role of meteorology in seasonality of air pollution in megacity Delhi, India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 2012, 184:3199-3211.
27. Guttikunda S.K. Air Pollution in Delhi. Economic and Political Weekly 2012, 47:24-27.
28. Guttikunda S.K., Calori G. A GIS based emissions inventory at 1km×1km spatial resolution for air pollution analysis in Delhi, India. Atmospheric Environment 2013, 67:101-111.
29. Guttikunda S.K., Jawahar P. Application of SIM-air modeling tools to assess air quality in Indian cities. Atmospheric Environment 2012, 62:551-561.
30. HEI, 2004. Health Effects of Outdoor Air Pollution in Developing Countries of Asia: A Literature Review, Special Report 15, Health Effects Institute, Boston, USA.
31. HEI, 2010a. Outdoor Air Pollution and Health in the Developing Countries of Asia: A Comprehensive Review, Special Report 18, Health Effects Institute, Boston, USA.
32. HEI, 2010b. Traffic-Related Air Pollution: A Critical Review of the Literature on Emissions, Exposure, and Health Effects, Special Report 17, Health Effects Institute, Boston, USA.
33. Jerrett M., Burnett R.T., Pope C.A., Ito K., Thurston G., Krewski D., et al. Long-term ozone exposure and mortality. New England Journal of Medicine 2009, 360:1085-1095.
34. Knoflacher H. Success and failures in urban transport planning in Europe-understanding the transport system. Sadhana 2007, 32:293-307.
35. LTA-Academy, 2011. Passenger Transport Mode Share in World Cities, JOURNEYS, November, 2011. Land Transport Authority, Singapore.
36. Maithel, S., Uma, R., Bond, T., Baum, E., Thao, V.T.K., 2012. Brick Kilns Performance Assessment, Emissions Measurements, & A Roadmap for Cleaner Brick Production in India, Study report prepared by Green Knowledge Solutions, New Delhi, India.
37. MoEF, 1997. White Paper on Air Pollution in Delhi with an Action Plan, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
38. Narain U., Bell R.G. Who changed Delhi's air?. Economic and Political Weekly 2006, 41:1584-1588.
39. NCEP, 2012. National Centers for Environmental Prediction. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Maryland, USA.
40. Ostro Outdoor Air Pollution: Assessing the Environmental Burden of Disease at National and Local Levels. Environmental Burden of Disease Series, No. 5 2004, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
41. Pai, M., 2012. CNG Isn't Really the Answer. India Together. August, 2012, pp. 1-2.
42. Pande J.N., Bhatta N., Biswas D., Pandey R.M., Ahluwalia G., Siddaramaiah N.H., et al. Outdoor air pollution and emergency room visits at a hospital in Delhi. The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences 2002, 44:9.
43. Pope C.A., Brook R., Burnett R., Dockery D. How is cardiovascular disease mortality risk affected by duration and intensity of fine particulate matter exposure? An integration of the epidemiologic evidence. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health 2011, 4:5-14.
44. Rajya-Sabha, 2012. Q/A Session March, 2012-Question No. 1417-Status of Air Quality in Delhi, Parliamentary Sessions. Government of India, New Delhi, India.
45. Reynolds C.C.O., Grieshop A.P., Kandlikar M. Climate and health relevant emissions from in-use Indian three-wheelers fueled by natural gas and gasoline. Environmental Science and Technology 2011, 45:2406-2412.
46. Sahu S.K., Beig G., Parkhi N.S. Emissions inventory of anthropogenic PM2.5 and PM10 in Delhi during commonwealth games 2010. Atmospheric Environment 2011, 45:6180-6190.
47. SIAM, 2012. Vehicle Sales and Projections. Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturing, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
48. Siddique S., Banerjee M., Ray M., Lahiri T. Air pollution and its impact on lung function of children in Delhi, the capital city of India. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 2010, 212:89-100.
49. SoE-Delhi, 2010. State of the Environment Report for the National Capital Region of Delhi 2010, Government of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
50. Tiwari, G., 2002. Urban Transport Priorities: Meeting the Challenge of Socio-Economic Diversity in Cities, a Case Study of Delhi, India. Cities 19, 95-103.
51. WHO Outdoor Air Pollution in the World Cities 2011, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
52. Wong C.-M., Vichit-Vadakan N., Kan H., Qian Z. Public health and air pollution in Asia (PAPA): a multicity study of short-term effects of air pollution on mortality. Environmental Health Perspectives 2008, 116.
53. World-Bank Reducing Air Pollution From Urban Transport 2004, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA.
54. World-Bank Country Environmental Assessment, Bangladesh 2006, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA.
55. World-Bank, 2006b. Improving Management of Municipal Solid Waste in India-Overview and Challenges. Report no. 37070, The World Bank. Washington DC, USA.
56. World-Bank, 2011. Introducing Energy-efficient Clean Technologies in the Brick Sector of Bangladesh. ESMAP Publication Series, Report no. 60155-BD, The World Bank. Washington DC, USA.
57. Yim S.H.L., Barrett S.R.H. Public health impacts of combustion emissions in the United Kingdom. Environmental Science and Technology 2012, 46:4291-4296.