Air Pollution in Dhaka City: A Burning Issue

Air Pollution in a City Street.

Chemical Speciation of Particulate Matter Pollution in Urban Dhaka City

Dhaka, the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, lacks a regular air pollution monitoring network to measure and assess ambient air pollution level. Several academic and research projects attempted to measure a limited number of air pollutants near roadways in the central business district. These studies revealed that ambient concentrations of lead, benzene, particulate matter, carbon monoxid...

Impact of trash burning on air quality in Mexico City.

Air pollution experienced by expanding urban areas is responsible for serious health effects and death for millions of people every year. Trash burning is a common disposal method in poor areas, yet it is uncontrolled in many countries, and its contribution to air pollution is unclear due to uncertainties in its emissions. Here we develop a new trash burning emission inventory for Mexico City b...

Air Pollution Problems in Lucknow City, India : a Review

Urban air pollution is one of the major environmental problems faced by the developing countries. Studies in large Indian cities revealed that ambient air pollution concentrations are at such levels where it can cause serious health impacts. Lucknow, a fast growing city is not an exception to this. Researchers from the city have studied various aspects of air pollution during the last one and h...

Predicting air pollution level in a specific city