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WIT Press Air Pollution XVIII by C A Brebbia
This volume contains the peer-reviewed papers accepted for the eighteenth International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, held on the Greek island of Kos in June 2010, the latest in a long series of successful conferences on this important topic. The human need for transport, manufactured goods and services brings with it often unintended, but no less real, impacts on the atmospheric environment at scales from the local to the global. Where the natural processing systems of the atmosphere become overloaded and the systems are unable to process inputs to the atmosphere at the rate they are added, then pollution results. This brings risks to human health and the environment. The willingness of governments to move quickly to regulate air pollution is often balanced by concerns over the economic impact of such regulation. This frequently results in a lag between the scientific knowledge about the nature, scale and effect of air pollution and the implementation of appropriate, targeted and timely legislation. Science remains the key to identifying the nature and scale of air pollution impacts and is essential in the formulation of policy-relevant information for regulatory decision-making. Continuous improvements in our knowledge of the fundamental science of air pollution and its application are therefore necessary if we are to properly predict, assess and mitigate the air pollution implications of emissions to the atmosphere. Science must also be able to demonstrate improvement as a result of mitigation efforts. The outcomes must also be translatable into a suitable format to assist policy makers in reaching sustainable decisions and to build public acceptance and understanding of the nature and scale of the air pollution problem. This important volume brings together the latest contributions from scientists from around the world on various aspects of air pollution phenomena. The contributions address a broad range of urgent scientific and technical developments in our understanding of the fundamental causes of air pollution, the control and management options available to mitigate air pollution and the environmental effects of emitted pollutants. They provide new data or present critical reviews in the fields of modeling studies, policy and management studies, global and regional studies, emission, monitoring and measurement studies, and impact studies.