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Title:
Air pollution knows no boundaries: Defining air catchment areas and making sense of physical and political boundaries in air quality management
Author(s):
Scott G, Annegarn H, Kneen M
Publication Year:
2005
Abstract:
Topics under discussion: Scales of transport and turbulence in the atmosphere; Examples of global, regional and local scale transports - concepts of an "air catchment"; Defining air quality management zones - international practice; Defining air quality management zones - local constitutional and legal constraints; Practical issues - defining AQ management districts in South Africa - three case studies. Keywords: Air quality management, Air pollution transport, Dust transport, Smoke transport, Vaal Triangle, Witwatersrand, South Durban.
Conference name:
IQPC Conference on Implementing the Air Quality Act, Castle, Kyalami, South Africa, 24 - 25 October
Place:
Castle, Kyalami, South Africa
Pages:
72
Item Type:
Conference Paper
Language:
en
Keywords:
air quality monitoring, sub-national boundary, national boundary, administrative boundary, smoke, transboundary pollution, dust, air quality, air quality management, air pollution, catchment area
URL:
http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3282

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