Description
Air Pollution, Climate and Health integrates the current understanding of the issues of air pollution, climate change and human health. The book provides a comprehensive overview of these issues to help readers gain a better understanding of how they interact and impact air quality and public health. Regional examples from across the globe include issues related to PM 2.5, haze, winter pollution, heat related mortality and aerosols. These issues are addressed utilizing current research and laboratory-based, observation-based, and modeling-based analysis. This is an essential resource for all professionals investigating the impacts of climate change or air pollution on human health.- Provides a comprehensive understanding of the interactions between climate change, air quality and human health- Includes evidence-based findings to help clarify the mechanisms on how air pollution impacts climate and how a changing climate is impacting those pollutants- Covers a number of pollution sources and products impacting climate change, including energy, haze, particulate matter, aerosols, PM 2.5 and transport
Table of Contents
General Perspective 1. Overview of climate change, air quality, and human healthAir pollution affects climate 2. Short-Lived Climate Forcing Agents and Their Roles in Climate Change 3. Attribution of aerosol direct radiative forcing in China and India to emitting sectors
