Air Quality Monitoring, Assessment and Management

Mazzeo, Nicolas Antonio

Air Quality Monitoring, Assessment and Management

Edited by Nicolas Antonio Mazzeo

Abstract: Human beings need to breathe oxygen diluted in certain quantity of inert gas for living. In the atmosphere, there is a gas mixture of, mainly, oxygen and nitrogen, in appropriate proportions. However, the air also contains other gases, vapours and aerosols that humans incorporate when breathing and whose composition and concentration vary spatially. Some of these are physiologically inert. Air pollution has become a problem of major concern in the last few decades as it has caused negative effects on human health, nature and properties. This book presents the results of research studies carried out by international researchers in seventeen chapters which can be grouped into two main sections: a) air quality monitoring and b) air quality assessment and management, and serves as a source of material for all those involved in the field, whether as a student, scientific researcher, industrialist, consultant, or government agency with responsibility in this area.

JEL-codes: Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-953-307-317-0
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Chapters in this book:

"Nuisance Dusts"- Validation and Application of a Novel Dry Deposition Method for Total Dust Fall: Gary Hunt
An Evaluation of Atmospheric Aerosols in Kanana, Klerksdorp Gold Mining Town, in the North-West Province of South Africa: Brighton Kaonga and Eno Ebenso
Application of Remote Sensing Instrument in Air Quality Monitoring: Chuen Meei Gan, Barry Gross, YongHua Wu and Fred Moshary
Asian Dust Storm as a Natural Source of Air Pollution in East Asia; its Nature, Aging and Extinction: Chang Jin Ma
Characterization of Particles Transmitted by Wind from Waste Dump of Phosphatic Fertilizers Plant Deposited on Biological Sample Surfaces: Malgorzata Iwona Szynkowska, Aleksandra Pawlaczyk and Jacek Rogowski
Design of Urban Air Quality Monitoring Network: Fuzzy Based Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach: Abdullah Mofarrah, Tahir Husain and Badr H. Hadhidh Alharbi
Estimated Atmospheric Emissions from Mobile Sources and Assessment of Air Quality in The Urban Area: Elba Teixeira, Camila D. P. Mattiuzi, Flavio Wiegand, Sabrina Feltes and Felipe Norte
Genetic Biomarkers Applied to Environmental Air Quality: Ecological and Human Health Aspects: Vera Maria Ferrao Vargas, Kelly Cristina Tagliari De Brito and Mariana Vieira Coronas
Malodor Detection Based on Electronic Nose: Teerakiat Kerdcharoen, Chatchawal Wongchoosuk and Panida Lorwongtragool
Monitoring and Reporting VOCs in Ambient Air: Anjali Srivastava and Dipanjali Mazumdar
Multi-year Assessment of Airborne Metals in Fallon, Nevada, Using Leaf-surface Chemistry: Paul Sheppard, Gary Ridenour and Mark Witten
Organic Compound in Airborne Particles and their Genottoxic Effects in Mexico City: Rafael Villalobos-Pietrini, Omar Amador-Munoz, Brenda LAÂz Valle-Hernandez, Sandra Gomez-Arroyo, Stefan Waliszewski and Aron Jazcilevich
Planning Air Pollution Monitoring Networks in Industrial Areas by Means of Rremote Sensed Images and GIS Techniques: Mauro Rotatori, Rosamaria Salvatori and Roberto Salzano
Remote Zones Air Quality. Persistent Organic Pollutants: Sources, Sampling and Analysis: Alessandro Bacaloni, Susanna Insogna and Lelio Zoccolillo
Role of the Ionic Component and Carbon Fractions in the Fine and Coarse Fractions of Particulate Matter for the Identification of Pollution Sources: Application of Receptor Models: Pierina Ielpo, Claudia Marcella Placentino, Isabella Cafagna, Isabella Cafagna, Gianluigi de Gennaro, Martino Amodio, Martino Amodio, Barbara Elisabetta Daresta and Alessia Di Gilio
Some Guidelines to Improve the Air Quality Management of Santiago, Chile: Margarita Prendez, Gerardo Alvarado and Italo Serey
The Surveillance of the Air Quality in the Vicinity of an Active Volcano: Case of the Piton de la Fournaise: Chatrapatty Bhugwant, Miloud Bessafi and Bruno Sieja

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