Air Pollution Health and Environmental Impacts

Air Pollution: Health and Environmental Concerns, Bhola R. Gurjar, Luisa T. Molina, and C.S.P. Ojha

Air Pollution Monitoring and Modeling
Air Pollution Monitoring and Source Characterization, Anita Lakhani, Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, and Bhola R. Gurjar
Air Pollution Modeling: Theory and Application, C.S.P. Ojha, Marcelo Mena, Sarath Guttikunda, Bhola R. Gurjar, and Wenfang Lei

Air Pollution and Health Effects
Indoor Air Pollution and Health Effects, Radha Goyal and Mukesh Khare
Effects of Indoor Air Pollution from Biomass Fuel Use on Women’s Health in India, Twisha Lahiri and Manas Ranjan Ray
Health Effects of Urban Air Pollution in India, Manas Ranjan Ray and Twisha Lahiri
Air Pollutants Exposure and Health Effects during the MILAGRO-MCMA 2006 Campaign, Horacio Tovalin, Olf Herbarth, Martha P. Sierra-Vargas, Bo Strandberg, Salvador Blanco, Libia Vega, Constantinos Sioutas, Juan José Hicks, Rubén Marroquín, Gustavo Acosta, Marco Guarneros, Vicente Hernández, Elizabeth Estrada-Muñiz, Ivonne Ma Olivares, Dora A. Pérez, Yessica D. Torres-Ramos, Frank Ulrich, Robyn Hudson, Ernesto Reyes, Tracy Rodríguez, Guillermo Elizondo, and Eliseo Cantellano
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Sources, Distribution, and Health Implications, Nirat Rajput and Anita Lakhani
Cellular Mechanisms behind Particulate Matter Air Pollution-Related Health Effects, Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno, Claudia García-Cuellar, Andrea De-Vizcaya-Ruiz, Leonora Rojas-Bracho, and Alvaro R. Osornio-Vargas

Health Risk Assessment and Management
Emission of Airborne Particulate Matter in Indoor Environments: Exposure and Risk Assessment, Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, See Siao Wei, and Sathrugnan Karthikeyan
Estimation of Health Impacts due to PM₁₀ in Major Indian Cities, P. Nema and S.K. Goyal
Health Risk Assessment and Management for Air Toxics in Indian Environment, Manju Mohan and Bhola R. Gurjar

Air Quality Management: Techniques and Policy Aspects
The Economics of Air Pollution: Theories, Valuation Methods, and Policy Aspects, Dilek Demirbas
Elements of Air Quality Management: Atmospheric Science Tools for Developing Effective Policy, Jeffrey R. Brook, Michael D. Moran, William Pennell, and Lorraine Craig

Environmental Impacts of Air Pollution
Assessing Ground-Level Ozone (O₃) Impacts to Crops in Parts of Asia and Southern Africa: The Regional Air Pollution in Developing Countries (RAPIDC) Crops Project, L.D. Emberson, P. Büker, M. Engardt, A.M. van Tienhoven, M. Agrawal, M. Zunckel, K. Hicks, H. Pleijel, N.T. Kim Oanh, L.P. Amgain, T. Islam, S.R.A. Shamsi, G.A.D. Perera, G.H.J. Krüger, and P.R. Smit
Impacts of Air Pollution on Ecosystem and Human Health: A Sustainability Perspective, Ioan Manuel Ciumasu and Naela Costica
Regional and Global Environmental Issues of Air Pollution, Luisa T. Molina and Bhola R. Gurjar

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Biography

Bhola R. Gurjar is an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Roorkee. Dr. Gurjar is also head of the Max Planck Partner Group for Megacities and Climate Change.

Luisa T. Molina is the principal research scientist in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Molina is also president of the Molina Center for Energy and the Environment in La Jolla, California.

C.S.P. Ojha is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Roorkee.

… Though it provides short descriptive analyses of most of the fundamental topics, [the book’s] value lies more in demonstrating these topics in case studies, which are drawn from the US, India, and elsewhere. Additionally, the work introduces many new and often advanced methods and materials that explore, for example, topics in risk, economics, policy, and sustainability. Even experts in the field may be captivated by some of these new ideas. … the material is well organized with minimal overlap. Summing Up: Highly recommended.
—CHOICE, January 2011

This book provides an invaluable and timely contribution to the urgent environmental challenges facing our society today. As illustrated in the book, we need integrated, interdisciplinary approaches to address the effects of human-induced activities.
—From the Foreword by Mario J. Molina, co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry