Manual on urban air quality management

Abstract

This manual is intended to provide guidance on ways and means of controlling air pollution through the application of technology and legislation. It is not a complete treatise on air quality management but, rather, a summary of international experience in the field of air pollution control. Although the manual was originally planned for use in European countries, in its present form it should prove equally useful to governments and official bodies in other countries developing programmes aimed at the control of emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere; and it should provide air pollution control specialists in all parts of the world with an introduction to international practice-a desirable objective because air pollution knows no political boundaries. While not intended to serve as a textbook, the manual will also be a useful work of reference for teachers and students of environmental subjects in universities and technical colleges.