A methodology of estimation on air pollution and its health effects in large Japanese cities

240 Pages·2012·9.25 MB·English

by  Keiko Hirota

AIR QUALITY –
MONITORING AND
MODELING

Edited by Sunil Kumar and Rakesh Kumar
Air Quality – Monitoring and Modeling
Edited by Sunil Kumar and Rakesh Kumar

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Air Quality – Monitoring and Modeling, Edited by Sunil Kumar and Rakesh Kumar
p. cm.
ISBN 978-953-51-0161-1

Contents

Preface IX
Chapter 1 Relationship Between Fungal Contamination of Indoor
Air and Health Problems of Some Residents in Jos 1
Grace Mebi Ayanbimpe, Wapwera Samuel Danjuma
and Mark Ojogba Okolo
Chapter 2 A Qualitative Study of Air Pollutants from Road Traffic 19
Gabriela Raducan and Ioan Stefanescu
Chapter 3 Estimation of Ambient Air Quality in Delhi 37
Kaushik K. Shandilya, Mukesh Khare and A. B. Gupta
Chapter 4 Environmental Parameter
Effects on the Fate of a Chemical Slick 59
Stéphane Le Floch, Mélanie Fuhrer,
Pierre Slangen and Laurent Aprin
Chapter 5 Indoor Air Quality and Thermal Comfort in Naturally
Ventilated Low-Energy Residential Houses 79
M. Krzaczek and J. Tejchman
Chapter 6 Particles in the Indoor Environment 117
Hermann Fromme
Chapter 7 A Methodology of Estimation on Air Pollution and
Its Health Effects in Large Japanese Cities 145
Keiko Hirota, Satoshi Shibuya,
Shogo Sakamoto and Shigeru Kashima
Chapter 8 Evaluation of Dry Atmospheric Deposition in
Two Sites in the Vicinity of Fuel Oil-Fired Power
Plants in Mexico 167
Cerón-Bretón Rosa María,Cerón-Bretón Julia Griselda,
Cárdenas-González Beatriz, Ortínez-Álvarez José Abraham,
Carballo-Pat Carmen Guadalupe, Díaz-Morales Berenice
and Muriel-García Manuel
VI Contents

Chapter 9 Some Aspects of the Sentinel Method for
Pollution Problems 185
A. Omrane
Chapter 10 PM10 and Its Chemical Composition:
A Case Study in Chiang Mai, Thailand 205
Somporn Chantara

Preface

There is a great challenge for monitoring of Air quality specially for formulating
abatement plans which will decrease the burden of environmental pollution. The
management of polluted and fungal contaminated air is required to be dealt with
different science and technological applications to reduce its impact on the
environment.
There are many publications dealing with air quality monitoring and its health impact
but still very few documents are available which could reveal the information
relationship between fungal contamination of indoor air and health problems of some
residuals. Microbial pollution is a key element of indoor air pollution. It is caused by
hundreds of species of bacteria and fungi, in particular filamentous fungi (mould),
growing indoors when sufficient moisture is available. In indoor environments, the air
and surface fungal contaminations are influenced not only by temperature, relative
humidity and air flux/drafting but also by the weather conditions, hygiene standards
and human activity.
In the present book, chapters covering a methodology for estimation of air pollution
and its health effects in large Asian cities, a qualitative study of air pollutants from
road traffic and air pollution, air quality in low-energy buildings, particulates in
indoor environment, evaluation of dry atmospheric deposition at sites in the vicinity
of fuel oil fired power, PM 10 and its chemical composition, etc. are discussed in detail.
Each chapter of the book carries valuable and updated information from basics to apex
which help readers to understand more precisely.

Sunil Kumar
Scientist Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National
Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI),
India
Rakesh Kumar
Chief Scientist and Head CSIR-NEERI Mumbai Zonal Laboratory
India