Progress with air quality management in the 60 years since the UK clean Air Act, 1956. Lessons, failures, challenges and opportunities

This paper explores the challenges, opportunities and progress made with managing air quality since the United Kingdom parliament passed the Clean Air Act, 1956. It seeks to identify the factors contributing to successful management of air quality and the factors that have acted, or continue to do s...

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Published inInternational journal of sustainable development and planning Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 491 - 499
Main Authors Longhurst, J.W.S., Barnes, J.H., Chatterton, T.J., Hayes, E.T., Williams, W.B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Southampton W I T Press 31.08.2016
Subjects
Air pollution
Air quality
Economic impact
Outdoor air quality
Public health
Quality management
Smog
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:This paper explores the challenges, opportunities and progress made with managing air quality since the United Kingdom parliament passed the Clean Air Act, 1956. It seeks to identify the factors contributing to successful management of air quality and the factors that have acted, or continue to do so, as barriers to progress. The public health catastrophe of the 1952 London Smog created the political momentum for the 1956 Act to be passed. The nature of the contemporary air pollution challenge is reviewed in terms of the public health burden, the economic cost and the governmental response. The contemporary response is considered inadequate for the scale and intensity of the problem.
ISSN:1743-7601
1743-761X
DOI:10.2495/SDP-V11-N4-491-499