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Author International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution (26th : 2018 : Naples, Italy)

Title Air pollution XXVI / editors, J. Casares, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, G. Passerini, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy, J. Barnes, University of the West of England, UK, J. Longhurst, University of the West of England, UK, G. Perillo, Wessex Institute, UK
Published Southampton : WIT Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Series WIT transactions on ecology and the environment ; volume 230
WIT transactions on ecology and the environment ; v. 230.
Contents Cover -- Air Pollution XXVI -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- Section 1: Air pollution assessment and analysis -- Analysing air pollution and its management through the lens of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: a review and assessment -- Qualitative assessment of links between exposure to noise and air pollution and socioeconomic status -- Section 2: Aerosols and particles -- Study of air contamination by heavy metals at firing ranges -- Towards improved bioaerosol model validation and verification -- Microanalysis and source apportionment of particulate emissions from anthropogenic sources in two Indian cities -- A method for deriving aerosol optical depth from meteorological satellite data -- Air pollution prediction system using deep learning -- Section 3: Air pollution modelling -- Influence of boundary layer schemes in modeling the dispersion and sedimentation of volcanic ash in Ecuador -- Implementing air-pollution and health-damage costs in urban Multi-Energy Systems modelling -- Statistical analysis of particulate matter data in Doha, Qatar -- Numerical simulation of industrial dust distribution in the territory of Zestafoni, Georgia -- Understanding the chaotic behavior of particulate matter concentrations using nonlinear techniques -- The impacts of diesel-passenger-car incentivisation on emissions in Ireland: historic analysis and policy assessment framework -- A dispersion and externalities model supporting energy system planning: development and case study -- Tailored chemical mechanisms for simulation of urban air pollution -- The comparison of linear models for PM10 and PM2.5 forecasting -- Using a CFD model to assess the impact of cruise ship emissions on the façades of waterfront buildings in Naples, Italy -- PM2.5 forecasting in the most polluted city in South America
Improving air quality and human health: an approach based on artificial neural networks -- Comparison of methods for dispersion modelling of contaminants from industrial sources -- Analysis of air pollutant emissions in a wastewater treatment plant using dispersion models -- Section 4: Improving air quality and reducing carbon footprint in cities: a focus on citizens (Special session by E. Hayes) -- ClairCity project: citizen-led scenarios to improve air quality in European cities -- "Unfortunately, I use my car": commuter transport choices in Bristol, UK -- Air pollution in the Aveiro region, Portugal: a citizens' engagement approach -- Air pollutants, emissions and carbon footprint at city level: the ClairCity project -- Section: 5: Indoor air pollution -- Indoor air pollution: BTEX in occupational environments -- A quasi-experimental study on the effectiveness of a fuel-efficient cookstove in reducing perceived respiratory symptoms among mothers of Purok 6 in Brgy, Santa Cruz, The Philippines -- Indoor air quality modelling on university buildings in Tabasco, Mexico -- Bioaerosols exposure assessment in mold-damaged houses in Normandy, France -- Section 6: Monitoring and measuring -- Detection and characterization of chemical and biological aerosols using laser-trapping single-particle Raman spectroscopy -- A physico-chemical study of dust samples from the derelict and ownerless asbestos mine dumps in Mpumalanga Province, Republic of South Africa -- Small air quality sensors: in vivo testing of electrochemical Cairpol sensors in comparison to reference measurement -- A study of trapped dust and dustfall samples from human settlements near rehabilitated and non-rehabilitated abandoned asbestos mine -- Pollution assessment in urban areas using Air Pollution Tolerance Index of tree species -- Ozone background levels and trends in the state of Kuwait
Section 7: Emission studies -- Climate change mitigation: hypothesis-formulation and analysis of interventions -- Spatial high-resolution mapping of national emissions -- Projecting the environmental impact of diesel cars on gaseous pollutants, PM2.5 and CO2 in a metropolitan area -- Estimating the emission factor for different vehicles in the city of Cartagena de Indias, Columbia -- Impact of SO2 shipping emissions on air quality: the AIRSHIP project -- Section 8: Air pollution management, policy and legislation -- Air pollution in Delhi: a review of past and current policy approaches -- Reducing disparities within a region: new approaches for identifying and eliminating disparities in air pollution in San Francisco Bay Area communities -- Naples International Airport and Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) -- Section 9: Case studies -- Ozone episodes over the southeast Iberian coast: origin and recycling between two seas -- Towards the sustainable management of air quality and human exposure: exemplary case studies -- Facilitating stakeholder dialogues on a carbon neutral city: we need to talk about carbon (and air quality) -- Particulate matter source apportionment in complex urban and industrial cities: the case of Tarragona, Spain -- Evaluation of the chemical transport of air pollutants in the metropolitan region of Salvador, Brazil -- CO2 and CH4 urban plume over a Mediterranean semi-natural site in the Iberian peninsula -- Effect of road grade, vehicle speed and vehicle type on NO2 emissions on urban roads in Jordan -- Section 10: Health effects -- Descriptive analysis of urgent medical interventions based on air pollution in Slavonski Brod, Croatia -- PolluRisk: an innovative experimental platform to investigate health impacts of air quality
A preliminary study to investigate the relationship between indoor environment and its effect on physical and mental health -- Analysis of indicators of quality of life due to air pollution in Slavonski Brod, Croatia -- Section 11: Air pollution control technologies -- Limitations of dry flue gas treatment by sodium bicarbonate: the influence of flue gas composition -- The impact of emissions from a large coal-fired power plant on nearby communities in the Hadera region, Israel -- Section 12: Air data quality -- Long-term trends and potential associated sources of particulate matter (PM10) pollution in Malaysia -- Coordinated multiparametric characterization of atmospheric particulate in the Campania region of Italy -- Author index
Summary Dealing with issues related to the modelling, monitoring and management of air pollution, this book includes papers presented at the Air Pollution 2018 international conference. The papers from this conference continue a wide ranging collection of high quality research works that develop the fundamental science of air pollution
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 8, 2018)
Subject Air -- Pollution -- Computer simulation -- Congresses
Air quality management -- Congresses
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Air -- Pollution -- Computer simulation
Air quality management
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Casares, J., editor
Passerini, G., editor
Barnes, J., editor
Longhurst, J., editor
Perillo, G., editor
ISBN 9781784662707
1784662704
Other Titles Air pollution 2018