Delhi's Air Pollution - (Re)distribution and Air Quality Regulations

The literature suggests that Delhi and its neighbouring areas have witnessed increases in air pollution and population (Kumar and Foster, 2007; Narain; Census of India). [...]the chosen study area is important for assessing the trend of air pollution (inside and outside the city) before and after th...

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Published inEnvironmental policy and law Vol. 46; no. 1; p. 77
Main Authors Kumar, Naresh, Linderman, Marc, Chu, Allen D, Buda, Travers, Tripathi, Sachchidanand, Foster, Andrew D, Liang, Dong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Copyright Agency Limited (Distributor) 02.03.2016
Subjects
Aerosols
Air pollution
Censuses
Cities
Compressed natural gas
Economic growth
Environmental policy
Outdoor air quality
Population growth
Principal components analysis
Public transportation
Urbanization
Beijing China
China
India
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Summary:The literature suggests that Delhi and its neighbouring areas have witnessed increases in air pollution and population (Kumar and Foster, 2007; Narain; Census of India). [...]the chosen study area is important for assessing the trend of air pollution (inside and outside the city) before and after the interventions, and the association shed light on the direct and indirect effects of environmental interventions on local and regional air pollution. [...]AOD is an indirect proxy of air quality (Chen et al., 2013; Kumar et al., 2013). [...]annual trends of AOD can provide indirect measures of changes in air are changing with the growth in numbers of new vehicles and industries.\n in AOD; for example, the total increase in built-up areas, largely concentrated in the southern parts of the study area, was 0.68 percent, and the increase in AOD in these areas was more than 0.1 (~14.9 percent of the average AOD value).
ISSN:0378-777X
1878-5395
DOI:10.3233/EPL-46105