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Urban Air Pollution - UNEP/GEMS Environment Library No 4
In almost all developing countries, meanwhile, urban air pollution is worsening. Rapidly growing cities, more traffic on roads, use of dirtier fuels, reliance on outdated... -
Assessment of Urban Air Quality
The overall purpose of this report is: - to continue the ongoing process of producing periodic evaluations of the global air pollution situation in urban areas; - to continue to... -
Nitrogen Oxides (Second Edition) - Environmental Health Criteria 188
Nitrogen oxides can be present at significant concentrations in ambient air and in indoor air. The types and concentrations of nitrogenous compounds present can vary greatly... -
Oxides of Nitrogen - Environmental Health Criteria 4
In the context of this criteria document, the term oxides of nitrogen is understood to include nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Other oxides of nitrogen which exist... -
The Environmental Impacts of Production and Use of Energy Part I: Fossil Fuels
The present report was prepared by Dr. Esnam El-Hinnawi of the UN' secretariat on the basis of contributions written by a number of scientists and information compiled by UNEP.... -
Procedures and Methods for Integrated Global Background Monitoring of...
The aim of the present paper is to formulate the basic principles of integrated background monitoring, and to describe procedures and methods of integrated background monitoring... -
Country/Region-Specific Emmission Factors in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
The objective of this study is to identify and collect new emission factors which have not yet been taken into account in the IPCC Guidelines. The aim of the study is to make... -
Greenhouse Earth
This book is an attempt to capture the messages in the reports from SCOPE and IPCC as well as some other information and in a way that is accessible to the non-expert reader.... -
Exposure Monitoring of Nitrogen Dioxide: An International Pilot Study Within...
The UNEP/WHO Human Exposure Assessment Locations (HEAL) project was developed as part of the WHO Health-Related Monitoring Programme, which was started in 1973 and originally... -
Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change - Summary for...
This document comprises both the Summary for Policymakers and the Technical Summary of the Working Group I (WGI) report. It represents, in conjunction with the 11 chapters of...