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The following links are a comprehensive list of useful publications on urban air quality management. Organized by region, the pages linked to below also contain additional links to related documents and region-specific information.
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| External documents |   Global- 1. Development of a Practical In-Use Emissions Test for Diesel Road Vehicles <Inspection and maintenance>
- 1. European Programmes on Emissions, Fuels, and Engine Technologies (EPEFE): Light Duty Diesel Study <Diesel>
- 1. Evaluation of alternative fuels and technologies for buses in Mumbai <Alternative fuels and energy sources>
- 2. Bus fleet emission evaluation <Mobile sourcesNew vehiclesAdvanced heavy duty diesels>
- 2. Comparison of Light and Heay Duty Diesel Studies <Diesel>
- 2. Diesel Emissions Factors and Control Measures For Colorado <New vehiclesConventional heavy duty dieselsTrucks>
- 3. Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Demonstration <Mobile sourcesNew vehiclesAdvanced heavy duty diesels>
- 4. Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Demonstration – Phase II <Mobile sourcesNew vehiclesAdvanced heavy duty diesels>
- 4. Un-Regulated Emissions from CRT-Equipped Transit Buses <Retrofit systemsBusesTrucksDiesel>
- 5. Is Clean Diesel Fuel an Option for Developing Countries? <Diesel>
- 5. Performance on the emission effect of ultra low sulphur diesel on double deck (Euro I) bus <Mobile sourcesCleaner vehiclesConventional heavy duty diesels>
- 6. Emission tests of city buses fuelled by CNG for Santiago <Mobile sourcesCleaner vehiclesConventional heavy duty diesels>
- 6. World-Wide Fuel Charter <New vehiclesConventional heavy duty diesels>
- 7. World-Wide Fuel Charter <New vehiclesConventional heavy duty dieselsTrucksDiesel>
- Acute Blood Pressure Responses in Healthy Adults During Controlled Air Pollution Exposures <Health impacts>
- Air Pollution-Associated Changes in Lung Function among Asthmatic Children in Detroit <Health impacts>
- Air Pollution from Motor Vehicles: Standards and Technologies for Controlling Emissions <Cleaner vehicles>
- Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter <Standards, methodologies and guidelines>
- Air Quality Management <International agreements>
- Air Quality Management: Considerations for Developing Countries <Sustainable transport>
- Air Quality Management in the United States (2004) <Policies and instruments>
- Ambient Air Pollution and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Review of the Literature <Health impacts>
- Ambient Air Quality Monitoring and Assessment <International agreements>
- Analysing countries’ contribution to climate change: scientific and policy-related choices <Climate change policy>
- Analysing countries’ contribution to climate change: scientific and policy-related choices <Climate change>
- A Planner's Guide for Selecting Clean-Coal Technologies for Power Plants <Energy efficiency>
- Appropriate Response to Rising Fuel Prices: Citizens Should Demand, “Raise My Prices Now!” <Sustainable transport policyRegulation, costs, subsidies>
- Association of Air Pollution with Increased Incidence of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias Recorded by Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillators <Health impacts>
- Autogas Incentive Policies <Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)>
- Automotive Industry and Global Climate Change <Climate change>
- Aviation and Sustainability <Mobile sources>
- Better Environmental Decision-Making: Decision Support System for Integrated Pollution Control <Environmental impacts>
- Burn barrels fuel dioxin levels <Health impactsWaste Burning>
- Bus Systems for the Future: Achieving Sustainable Transport Worldwide <BusesAlternative fuels and energy sourcesConventional fuelsBus rapid transitTransport demand management>
- Capacity Building Requirements for Global Environmental Protection <Climate change>
- Car-Sharing: Where and How It Succeeds <Transport demand management>
- CCAP Transportation Emissions Guidebook: Land Use, Transit and Travel Demand Management <Climate changeSustainable transport>
- Characteristics of Bus Rapid Transit for Decision-Making <Policies and instrumentsBus rapid transit>
- Children's Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds as Determined by Longitudinal Measurements in Blood <Health impacts>
- Cities on the Move: A World Bank urban transport strategy review <Sustainable transport>
- Cleaner is Cheaper: Why European climate policy for cars is failing, and what can be done about it <Climate change policyCleaner vehicles>
- Companies and Regulators in Emissions Trading Programs <Policies and instrumentsStationary sources>
- Comparison Matrix of Ready and Emerging Innovative Transportation Technologies <Advanced technology>
- Comparison of Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards Around the World <Climate change>
- Comparison of Transport Fuels <Cleaner fuels and energy sources>
- Costs-Benefit of Air Pollution Regulation in the United States: Spending $23 to $26 billion saves $120 to $193 billion in 1992-2002 <Economic impacts>
- Deaths from Indoor Smoke <Health impactsIndoor air pollution>
- Deaths from Urban Air Pollution <Health impacts>
- DOE Releases Draft Strategic Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Deployment of Advanced Technology <Climate change policy>
- Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity? Examining the Evidence (2005) <Mobile sources>
- East Asia Environment: Principles and Priorities for Action <Policies and instruments>
- Economics of Air Pollution and Health in Developing Countries
- Economics of Fuel Economy <Energy efficiency>
- Economics of Fuel Economy Standards <Energy efficiency>
- Effective Pollution Charges: Lessons of Worldwide Experience <Policies and instruments>
- Effect of Particulate Air Pollution On Emergency Admissions for Myocardial Infarction: a Multi-city Case-crossover Analysis <Health impacts>
- Effects of Air Pollution on Heart Rate Variability: The VA Normative Aging Study <Health impacts>
- Eliminating a Silent Threat: World Bank Support for the Global Phase-Out of Lead from Gasoline <Lead phase - out>
- Energy Efficiency Operational Exchange Program (ESMAP) <Energy efficiency>
- Energy Information Administration MTBE, Oxygenates, and Motor Gasoline <Gasoline>
- Energy, Transportation, and Environment: Policy Options for Environmental Improvement <Mobile sourcesEnergy efficiency>
- Energy Use, Air Pollution, and Environmental Policy in Krakow: Can Economic Incentives Really Work? <Energy efficiency>
- Environmental Challenges of Fuel Use <Health impactsConventional fuels>
- Environmental Management and Institutions in OECD Countries: Lessons from Experience <Policies and instruments>
- Estimating the Exposure-Response Relationships between Particulate Matter and Mortality within the APHEA Multicity Project <Health impacts>
- EU: Quality of petrol and diesel fuels <Emissions standards>
- Euro Commission Report Shows Diesel Desulfurization Creates Problems Similar To Those Foreseen In U.S. <Desulphurization>
- European Environment Agency procedures for compiling inventories <Emissions inventories>
- Evaluating Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Programs <Mobile sourcesInspection and maintenance>
- Exposure Assessment for Atmospheric Ultrafine Particles (UFPs) and Implications in Epidemiologic Research <Health impacts>
- Fuel cell drive and high-dynamic energy storage systems - chances for the city bus of the future <Hydrogen and fuel cells>
- Fuel Cells Internet Sites <Hydrogen and fuel cells>
- Fuel for Thought - an Environmental Strategy for the Energy Sector
- Future Isn't What It Used To Be: Changing Trends And Their Implications For Transport Planning <Sustainable transport policy>
- Getting on Track: Finding a Path for Transportation in the CDM <Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)>
- GIS Based Estimation of Exposure to Particulate Matter and NO2 in an Urban Area: Stochastic Versus Dispersion Modeling <ModelingHealth impacts>
- Global Climate Change: Economic and Policy Issues <Climate change>
- Greening Industry: New Roles for Communities, Markets, and Governments <Stationary sources>
- Growing in the Greenhouse: Policies and Measures for Sustainable Development while Protecting the Climate (2005) <Climate change policy>
- Chapter 2 of the Guidelines for air quality (WHO) <International agreements>
- Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analyses <Health impactsEconomic impactsPolicies and instrumentsSustainable transport>
- Health Effects and Costs of Vehicle Emissions <Health impactsEconomic impacts>
- Health Effects of Air Pollution <Health impacts>
- Health-Related Benefits of Attaining the 8-Hr Ozone Standard <Health impactsEmissions standards>
- Health risks of particulate matter from long-range transboundary air pollution <Health impactsTransboundary Air Pollution>
- Health Risks of Particulate Matter from Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution <Health impactsTransboundary Air Pollution>
- Hidden Hazards of Backyard Burning <Health impactsWaste Burning>
- Hospitalization Rates for Coronary Heart Disease in Relation to Residence Near Areas Contaminated with Persistent Organic Pollutants and Other Pollutants <Health impacts>
- How Can We Have safe, Convenient, Clean, Affordable, Pleasant Transportation Without Making People Drive Less or Give Up Suburban Living <Sustainable transport policy>
- IEA/SMP Transport Model <ModelingMobile sources>
- Improving Urban Air Quality in South Asia by Reducing Emissions from Two-Stroke Engine Vehicles <Cleaner vehicles>
- Indoor Air - Mold (from US EPA website) <Indoor air pollution>
- Indoor Air Pollution: Energy and Health for the Poor <Indoor air pollution>
- Indoor Air Pollution (Health Nutrition and Pop Group) <Indoor air pollution>
- Indoor Air Pollution (Kirk Smith) <Indoor air pollution>
- Chapter 4: Indoor Air Quality <Indoor air pollution>
- Investing in our Future Energy Star and Other Voluntary Programs 2004 Annual Report <Science - Evidence and Impacts>
- IPCC/TEAP Special Report: Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System <Environmental impactsClimate change>
- IQ and Blood Lead from 2 to 7 Years of Age: Are the Effects in Older Children the Residual of High Blood Lead Concentrations in 2-Year-Olds? <Health impacts>
- Is the Global Rise of Asthma an Early Impact of Anthropogenic Climate Change? <Health impactsClimate change>
- Joint Implementation of Climate Change Measures <Climate change>
- Key Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Data <Climate change>
- Livable Cities for the 21st Century <Policies and instruments>
- Local Variations in CO and Particulate Air Pollution and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Los Angeles County, California, USA <Health impacts>
- Meeting India's Future Power Needs: Planning for Environmentally Sustainable Development <Energy efficiency>
- Mercedes Benz - the first fuel cell buses sold <Hydrogen and fuel cells>
- Moving to Greener Pastures: Multinationals and the Pollution-Haven Hypothesis <Stationary sources>
- Nanotoxicology: An Emerging Discipline Evolving from Studies of Ultrafine Particles <Health impacts>
- NASA Finds Polluted Clouds Hold Less Moisture And Cool Earth Less <Science linkage - air pollution and climate change>
- Netinform Newsletter (Climate and Energy) <Climate changeStationary sources>
- New IPCC Report Confirms That CO2 Storage Could Play A Major Role In Combating Climate Change <Climate change policy>
- New IPCC Report Confirms That CO2 Storage Could Play A Major Role In Combating Climate Change – But Only If Key Constraints Are Addressed <Climate change>
- Oil Market Basics - A primer on oil markets combined with hotlinks to oil price and volume data available on the Internet <Cleaner fuels and energy sources>
- Online NewsHour: Scientists Call Air Pollution Global Problem (video) <Climate change>
- Options for an Exposure-Reduction Approach to Air Quality Management in the UK and the EU for Non-Threshold Pollutants <Standards, methodologies and guidelines>
- Partnership for cleaner vehicles and fuels <Buses>
- Personalized Exposure Assessment: Promising Approaches for Human Environmental Health Research <Health impacts>
- Phasing Out Lead from Gasoline: Worldwide Experience and Policy Implications <Gasoline>
- Potential Role of Ultrafine Particles in Associations between Airborne Particle Mass and Cardiovascular Health <Health impacts>
- Poverty and Climate Change Mitigation <Climate change>
- Predicting Air Quality Effects of Traffic-Flow Improvements: Final Report and User's Guide <ModelingEnvironmental impactsGovernance and sustainable transport in general>
- Protecting the Environment and the Poor: a Public Goods Framework Applied to Indonesia <Policies and instruments>
- Pulmonary Effects of Indoor- and Outdoor-Generated Particles in Children with Asthma <Health impacts>
- Reducing CO2 emissions in the transport sector <Energy efficiency>
- Regulating fuel markets for cleaner air <Cleaner fuels and energy sources>
- Repolarization Changes Induced by Air Pollution in Ischemic Heart Disease Patients <Health impacts>
- Seasonal Variations in Air Pollution Particle-Induced Inflammatory Mediator Release and Oxidative Stress <Health impacts>
- Should Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards Be Tightened? <Energy efficiency>
- Significance of Non-Motorised Transport for Developing Countries: Strategies for Policy Development <Non-motorized transportEconomic aspectsPoverty alleviation and genderTransport demand management>
- Smoke and Pollution Aerosol Effect on Cloud Cover <Science linkage - air pollution and climate change>
- State and Trends of the Carbon Market <Climate change>
- Statement on Banding of Air Quality <Health impacts>
- Strong present-day aerosol cooling implies a hot future <Climate change>
- Study of GEF's Overall Performance <Climate change>
- Surviving Success: Policy Reform and the Future of Industrial Pollution in China <Policies and instruments>
- Sustainable Energy Development (SED): Issues and Policy <Energy efficiency>
- Sustainable Transport: A Sourcebook for Policymakers in Developing Cities <Dialogues and consultation processes>
- Sustainable Transportation Performance Indicators <Policies and instrumentsMobile sourcesSustainable transport>
- Sustainable Transport: Priorities for Policy Reform <Mobile sources>
- Taxing Bads by Taxing Goods: Pollution Control with Presumptive Charges <Policies and instruments>
- TCRP Report 90: Bus Rapid Transit <Bus rapid transit>
- The Challenge of Urban Government Policies: Policies and Practices <Policies and instruments>
- The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program: Assessing 10 Years of Experience <Policies and instruments>
- The Contribution of Motor Vehicles and Other Sources to Ambient Air Pollution <ModelingEnvironmental impactsMobile sources>
- The GEF solar PV Portfolio: Emerging Experience and Lessons <Energy efficiency>
- The Human Face of the Urban Environment: Proceedings of the Second Annual World Bank Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development <Policies and instruments>
- The Price of Life in the Fast Lane <Transport demand management>
- Time Course of Gene Expression of Inflammatory Mediators in Rat Lung after Diesel Exhaust Particle Exposure <Health impactsDiesel>
- Time Series of Analysis of Air Pollution and Preterm Birth in Pennsylvania, 1997-2001 <Health impacts>
- Tools of the Trade: A Guide to Designing and Operating a Cap and Trade Program for Pollution Control <Policies and instrumentsStationary sources>
- Towards Cleaner Production <Cleaner production>
- Transition Toward a Healthier Environment: Environmental Issues and Challenges in the Newly Independent States <Policies and instruments>
- Transportation and CO2 Emissions: Flexing the Link - a Path for the World Bank <Mobile sources>
- Transportation in Developing Countries: Greenhouse Gas Scenarios for Chile <Climate change>
- Transport Fuel Taxes and Urban Air Quality <Sustainable transport>
- Transport Matters: Contributions of the Transport Sector to the Millennium Development Goals <Economic aspectsPoverty alleviation and gender>
- Travel Mode Substitution in São Paulo: Estimates and Implications for air pollution control <Sustainable transport>
- Bus Rapid Transit System for Bogotá, Colombia: TransMilenio <Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)Bus rapid transit>
- United Nation Development Program-Global Environment Facility: Portfolio Climate Change
- URBAIR Guidebook (Chapter 3) <Emissions inventories>
- Urban Air Quality Management: Coordinating Transport, Environment, and Energy Policies in Developing Countries <Sustainable transport>
- Urban Air Quality Management Strategy in Asia: Guidebook <Air quality information systemsModeling>
- US EPA procedures for compiling emission inventories <Emissions inventories>
- USEPA webpage on Backyard Burning <Waste Burning>
- Using Moving Total Mortality Counts to Obtain Improved Estimates for the Effect of Air Pollution on Mortality <Health impacts>
- Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs: International Experience and Best Practices <Inspection and maintenanceGovernance and sustainable transport in general>
- Changing Climate, Changing Opportunities <Climate changeClean Development Mechanism (CDM)>
- w1. Advanced Fuel Solutions <Diesel>
- w1. Alternative Fuels for Fleet Vehicles Topical Reports <Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)>
- w1. AVL MTC Tech Centre, Haninge, Sweden <Mobile sourcesCleaner vehiclesConventional heavy duty diesels>
- w1. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN): Hydrogen Fuel Reference Brief <Hydrogen and fuel cells>
- w1. EPA Retrofit Program: Summary of Potential Retrofit Technologies <Advanced heavy duty dieselsRetrofit systems>
- w1. Reducing Greenhouse Gases and Air Pollution - A Menu of Harmonized Options - Final Report
- w1. Summary of emission standards in various countries around the world <Light duty dieselsLight duty gasolineReplacement programsBusesTrucks>
- w1. Views on Ethanol in SugarToday.COM <Biofuels>
- w2. Alternative Fuels for Fleet Vehicles site <Alternative fuels and energy sources>
- w2. Alternative Fuels for Fleet Vehicles Topical Reports <Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)>
- w2. Biodiesel.de <Biodiesel>
- w2. DieselNet.com <Retrofit systems>
- w2. EPA Verified Technology List <Advanced heavy duty dieselsRetrofit systems>
- w2. Feasibility Study on SME <Environmental impactsBiodiesel>
- w2. Reformulated Gasoline and Vehicle Performance <Gasoline>
- w2. SmartSite Dynamic Web System <Mobile sourcesCleaner vehiclesConventional heavy duty diesels>
- w2. Summary of emission standards in various countries around the world <Conventional heavy duty dieselsLight duty dieselsLight duty gasolineReplacement programsBusesTrucks>
- w2. The Transition to Ultra-Low-Sulfur Diesel Fuel: Effects on Prices and Supply
- w3. ARCO EC-Diesel
- w3. Diesel Fuel and Engines: An Overview of New Emissions Regulations <Light duty dieselsTrucks>
- w3. Dr. Nigel Clark <Mobile sourcesCleaner vehiclesConventional heavy duty diesels>
- w3. Engelhard Receives Patent on Exhaust Gas Recirculation System for Diesel Engines <Advanced heavy duty dieselsRetrofit systems>
- w3. Hydrogen.org (Hyweb) <Hydrogen and fuel cells>
- w3. Implementation of the Reformulated Gasoline Program <Gasoline>
- w4. Alternative Fuels Data Center <Cleaner fuels and energy sources>
- w4. Emissions Report 2000 <Mobile sourcesCleaner vehiclesConventional heavy duty diesels>
- w4. EPA Verified Technology List <Advanced heavy duty dieselsRetrofit systems>
- w4. International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles <Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)>
- w4. Walsh CarLines <Inspection and maintenanceBusesTrucks>
- Well measured: Developing Indicators for Comprehensive and Sustainable Transport Planning <Governance and sustainable transport in general>
- What makes people cook with improved biomass stoves <Improved cooking devices>
- Whisper Campaign on CNG - a CSE Survey
- Win-Win Emission Reductions: Smart Transportation Emission Reduction Strategies Can Achieve Kyoto Targets And Provide Other Economic, Social and Environmental Benefits <Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)Environment, health, and safetyEconomic aspectsPoverty alleviation and gender>
- World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations <Emissions standards>
- World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention <Urban road safety>
- WorldTransport Forum Car-Free Development <Non-motorized transportPublic participation>
- WP29/GR - Schedule of Meetings <Emissions standards>
- Asia in General
- Europe and Central Asia
- Dioxin exposure and health <Health impactsWaste Burning>
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