The Leapfrog Factor : Clearing the Air in Asian Cities

Contents: Preface. 1. The Delhi Story. 2. Why air pollution kills. 3. Managing air quality. 4. A technology roadmap. 5. The Asian dilemma. 6. Gaseous fuels: an opportunity. 7. The inspection challenge. 8. Reinventing mobility. The way ahead. References. Abbreviations. Glossary.

"The Leapfrog Factor : Clearing the Air in Asian Cities, Ten years of action, learning and impacts. Presents the complex Asian challenge. Rapid economic growth overpowers solutions. Small air quality gains are lost in explosive car and two-wheeler numbers; in steady flow of poor technologies and dirty fuels; in rapid collapse of technologies on roads. Asia dodders as automobile industry hardsells cars as a lifestyle of wealth and freedom. Asia can survive only if it reinvents the idea of mobility. Builds cities on public transport. Leapfrogs Vehicle Technology and fuel quality to cut exposure to killer fumes. Finds its unique way out of the haze...."