Reinventing Air Quality Monitoring
With national ambient air quality standards in place, it is important to set up the air quality monitoring grid to generate air quality data ona routine basis.
Towards Clean Air in Nigerian Cities
This is a rapid review of the current concerns around urban air pollution and public health challenges in Nigerian cities.
Bengaluru residents actually breathe in air which has 3-12 times higher pollution levels than the ambient level - says CSE study in the city
Bengaluru is in the grip of rising air pollution. Official ambient air quality monitoring has shown 57 per cent increase in particulate matter in just four years. In more than 85 per cent of monitoring locations, the levels have exceeded standards
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So that we can breathe easy
THE EASIEST way to clear air pollution is to not know how bad it is. This is what India practices—in most parts of the country. There is virtually no equipment to monitor the air we breathe and no system that tells us what we should do when pollution levels are up and unhealthy.
City Action: Citizens Report on Air Quality and Urban Mobility, Kanpur
The Centre for Science and Environment releases an in-depth report on the city of Kanpur as part of its ongoing initiative to build city action on clean air and mobility.
City Action: Citizens Report on Air Quality and Urban Mobility, Kanpur
The Centre for Science and Environment releases an in-depth report on the city of Kanpur as part of its ongoing initiative to build city action on clean air and mobility.
Hyderabad City Dialogue on Air Quality and Transportation Challenge: An Agenda for Action
Organised by: Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board and Centre for Science and Environment October 07, 2010 APPCB Auditorium, Paryavaran Bhavan, A-3, Industrial Estate, Sanatnagar, Hyderabad
Hyderabad City Dialogue on Air Quality and Transportation Challenge: An Agenda for Action
Organised by: Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board and Centre for Science and Environment October 07, 2010 APPCB Auditorium, Paryavaran Bhavan, A-3, Industrial Estate, Sanatnagar, Hyderabad
Citizen’s Report on Air Quality and Urban Mobility, Kanpur
Why are we looking at cities for the big change? Our cities are on a toxic spiral, urged on by growing wastefulness, energy use and car centric mobility.
Air pollution on the rise in Kanpur, says latest CSE study
Kanpur, December 17, 2009: Efforts to reduce air pollution in Kanpur are in danger of being wasted, as pollution levels are once again creeping up in the city: says a latest analysis of recent air quality data done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based research and advocacy organisation.
Air quality and public health
The rate at which urban air pollution has grown across India is alarming. A vast majority of cities are caught in the toxic web as air quality fails to meet health-based standards. Almost all cities are reeling under severe particulate pollution while newer pollutants like oxides of nitrogen and air toxics have begun to add to the public health challenge. Only a few mega cities where action has started show some improvement in air quality but in most cases the particulate levels are still unacceptably high.