Preliminary Evaluation Of The Outcomes Of The Updating And Screening Assessment For Local Air Quality Management In Great Britain

Local air quality management (LAQM) is the means by which local government is dealing with local air pollution problems in Great Britain. The key element in the LAQM regime, according to the Environment Act 1995, is a review and assessment process of air quality in the local authority’s area of juri...

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Published inWIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Vol. 74
Main Authors Hassan, S M, Ling, K A, J.W.S. Longhurst
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Southampton W I T Press 01.01.2004
Subjects
Air pollution
Air quality
Air quality assessments
Jurisdiction
Local government
Outdoor air quality
Quality assessment
Quality management
Risk assessment
Screening
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Summary:Local air quality management (LAQM) is the means by which local government is dealing with local air pollution problems in Great Britain. The key element in the LAQM regime, according to the Environment Act 1995, is a review and assessment process of air quality in the local authority’s area of jurisdiction. In 2003 the Government and the Devolved Administrations suggested a new two steps prescriptive approach to air quality review and assessment substituting a three steps approach used in 1999-2001. The first step in this approach is an Updating and Screening Assessment (USA) in which each local authority identifies changes to circumstances since the first round and completes a risk assessment to
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ISSN:1746-448X
1743-3541
DOI:10.2495/AIR040231