Foundation Course on Air Quality Management in Asia

The Foundation Course on Air Quality Management in Asia is a self-study guide for adult learners designed to provide an understanding of the components necessary to manage urban air pollution and improve air quality. Developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute and the University of York, the course consists of six modules created by an international team of experts.

• Urban air pollution in Asia is estimated to cause 537,000 premature deaths every year, while indoor air pollution is responsible for more than double that number of deaths.
• The effects of deteriorating air quality disproportionately impact poor and socially marginalized populations, often because they live in close proximity to pollution sources.
• Air quality management aims to protect human health and welfare, as well as animals, ecosystems, material aesthetics (such as visibility), and plants including forests, vegetation, and crops.
• While national and local governments in Asia have started creating air quality management strategies, the effectiveness and scope of these strategies vary significantly across different cities and countries.
• The document provides a comprehensive glossary of air quality terms, defining various pollutants such as carbon monoxide (toxic above 100 ppm), nitrogen oxides (contributors to smog and acid deposition), and ozone (a product of photochemical processes involving sunlight and precursors).
• The guide defines different types of pollution sources: point sources (fixed in space, like a smokestack), line sources (aggregate releases along a path, like cars on a highway), and area sources (emissions over an area, such as household cooking or forest fires).

APA

Haq, G., & Schwela, D. (2008). Foundation Course on Air Quality Management in Asia. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Atmospheric/Cleanair/download/GLOSSARY-AirQualityManagement.pdf

Chicago

Haq, Gary, and Dieter Schwela. Foundation Course on Air Quality Management in Asia. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2008. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Atmospheric/Cleanair/download/GLOSSARY-AirQualityManagement.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{haq2008foundation, author = {Haq, Gary and Schwela, Dieter}, title = {{Foundation Course on Air Quality Management in Asia}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2008}, url = {https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Atmospheric/Cleanair/download/GLOSSARY-AirQualityManagement.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }