Urban Pollution : Issues and Solutions
Contents: Preface. 1. Urban air pollution and its management/P.S. Dubey. 2. Beyond the exhaust emission limits/V.S. Patel. 3. Urban air pollution: sources and effects/H.V. Bhavnani. 4. Aerodynamics of vehicle for reduced air pollution/G. Raja, M. Subramanian and K. Balagurunathan. 5. Eco-friendly lighting design options for controlling air pollution/N. Jaju. 6. Remedies in our hand for controlling air pollution because of urban traffic/Y.T. Jasrai. 7. Eco-friendly approach to control fungal biodeteriogens/A. Arya, N.R. Shah, C. Arya and C. Dash. 8. Urban air pollution, health and role of developmental communication/A. Pahad and A. Maniar. 9. An overview of fine particulate pollution/I. Mukherjee, B. Thakur, A.D. Sarkar and S. Chakrabarty. 10. Clean car standards/V.S. Patel. 11. Women and quality of life/M. Mehta and D. Ajwani. 12. Studies on the effect of SO2 from Mathura refinery on medicinal plants/R.B. Singh. 13. Assessment of air pollution load and its effect on Jowar crop/N.K. Sharma. 14. Sprawling Sayaji Park: importance in present scenario/K.N. Thaker and Y.T. Jasrai. 15. Air pollution and its impact, some reflections/B. Bhatt and J. Singh. 16. An efficient method to detect pollution load of bio-particles in indoor air/A. Arya and T.R. Shah. 17. Biological filtration of indoor air pollution agents/M.N. Thaker and Y.T. Jasrai. 18. Occurrence of fungal biopollutants during micropropagation of ficus/C. Arya. 19. Role of vegetation in making cities better liven up/Y.T. Jasrai and P.S. Sisodia. 20. Pollution in the city of Taj/S.B. Rao, M. Radha Krishna, R. Singh and C. Patvardhan. 21. Waste water treatment: removal of dyes/M.N. Ahmed and R.N. Ram. 22. Noise pollution: issue and implications/B. Bhatt, D. Trivedi, J. Charian and P. Vora. Generic Index. Subject index.
"A National Seminar was organized by Indian Association for Air Pollution Control (IAAPC) on 22 March 2003 in Vadodara, to discuss issues related to urban pollution and their solutions. Twenty four speakers presented their original research papers in two different sessions. Papers related to varied subjects like aerodynamics of vehicles, clean car standards, eco-friendly lighting design, assessment of pollutants on crops, biological filtration of indoor air, an efficient method to detect the pollution load in indoor area, pollution in city of Taj etc. were presented. Now is the age of developing sustainable cities, some 100 countries have developed their own National Environmental Action Plans. There is emphasis on maintaining the forest cover, produce green belts, parks and gardens in cities, making judicious use of available natural resources, adopt the technologies like rain water harvesting or use of wind energy for various purposes. Special attention is required so that flora and fauna is not lost. Present book deals with various solutions to such problems." (jacket)
