In its 27th edition the conference on Air Pollution continues to produce valuable research on issues related to the modelling, monitoring and management of air pollution. The papers included in this book continue a wide ranging collection of high quality research works that develop the fundamental science of air pollution. Air pollution issues remain one of the most challenging problems facing society. The scientific knowledge derived from well-designed studies needs to be allied with further technical and economic studies in order to ensure cost effective and efficient mitigation. Increasingly, it is being recognised that the outcome of such research needs to be contextualised within well formulated communication strategies that help policy makers and citizens to understand and appreciate the risks and rewards arising from air pollution management. Details of the wide spread nature of the air pollution phenomena and in depth explorations of their impacts on human health and the environment are covered in this book. Topics covered include: Air pollution modelling; Aerosols and particles; Air pollutant emission studies; Air quality health effects; Indoor air pollution; Air data quality; Air pollution control technologies; Industrial air pollution; Climate change effects; Emerging pollutants; Air pollution management, policy and legislation.
Contents
Air quality community action network; Air Quality Index as a tool for
monitoring environmental degradation and health implications; Long-term
trends of tropospheric ozone in the Czech Republic, 1993-2018; Air pollution,
citizen data collectives and communication agenda setting in Colombia; An IoT
platform for indoor air quality monitoring using the Web of Things;
Investigating ozone ambient levels: Case study of the Fahaheel urban area,
state of Kuwait; Influence of spatial resolution in modeling the dispersion
of volcanic ash in Ecuador; Real-time atmospheric monitoring of urban air
pollution using unmanned aerial vehicles; Assessment of source contributions
to the urban air quality for the Bristol ClairCity pilot case; Assessment of
primary air pollutants in a tropical metropolitan region by combining local
and global emissions inventories; Comparison of two PM2.5 forecasting models
in Osorno, Chile; Estimating concentrations of suspended particulate matter
over the metropolitan area of Mexico City using satellite and geospatial
imagery: Preliminary results; Hourly tropospheric ozone concentration
forecasting using deep learning; Unpaved road influence areas in hydrocarbon
exploration projects; Regression modelling for predicting visibility in a
tropical urban environment; Characterization of odorous emissions from a
civil wastewater treatment plant in Italy; Nanotechnology-based control of
hazardous air pollutants emission: Pilot scale trials for simultaneous
capture of H2S, NH3, and odours from livestock facilities; Integrated
environmental health risk assessment framework for firewood-induced indoor
air pollution; Prospects for the use of alternative fuels and energy by road
transport in Russia; Children's exposure to indoor air in schools: Impact on
wheezing; Health and economic impacts of ozone ship-related air pollution in
Portugal; Real-life emission factor assessment for biomass heating appliances
at a field measurement campaign in Styria, Austria; Estimation of fuel loss
and spatial-temporal dispersion of vehicular pollutants at a signalized
intersection in Delhi city, India
Special session: Transport and air quality in Portugal
(Joint session with Urban Transport 2019)
Using air quality modelling and emission projections as a support to the
first Air Pollution Control Program under NEC Directive targets for 2030;
Urban mobility strategies to improve local air quality: Case study of Lisbon,
Portugal
Special session: Strategies for human exposure reduction
(Organised by E. C. Rada)
Perspectives of stack and environmental monitoring in the surroundings of a
waste-to-energy plant; CO2 measurements for unconventional management of
indoor air quality; Integrated methodology for the management of human
exposure to air pollutants; Influence of key parameters on the removal
efficiency of air pollutants by a biotrickling filter
Special session: Naturally occurring ionizing pollutants
(Organised by R. Ippolito)
Radon entry models into buildings versus environmental parameters, building
shape and types of foundation; Indoor radon survey in university buildings: A
case study of Sapienza - University of Rome; An inexpensive and continuous
radon progeny detector for indoor air-quality monitoring
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