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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Presentations |  Global- A Transport Challenge for Europe - Towards Clean Urban Transport (Rommerts) <Monitoring, Measuring impacts, Policies and instruments, Cleaner vehicles, Cleaner fuels and energy sources, Sustainable transport, Non-motorized transport, Education and awareness, Socio-economic context>
- Cleaner Fuels Strategies <Advanced heavy duty diesels, Retrofit systems, Buses, Trucks, Diesel>
- Diesel Days (presentation) <Diesel>
- Diesel Days 2003: Diesel Inspection, Maintenance and Repair <Cleaner vehicles, In-use vehicles>
- Diesel Days 2003: Diesel Technology vs. Behavior <Cleaner vehicles>
- Diesel Days 2003: Environmental Benefits of Bus Rapid Transit <Vehicular air pollution>
- Diesel Days 2003: Heavy Duty Vehicle Emissions Reductions <Cleaner vehicles>
- Diesel Days 2003: In-Use Diesel Emission Issues <In-use vehicles, Alternative fuels and energy sources, Conventional fuels>
- Diesel Days 2003: In-Use Diesel Emissions Testing <In-use vehicles>
- Diesel Days 2003: In-Use Diesel Vehicle Emissions, Canada’s Actions <In-use vehicles>
- Diesel Days 2003: Maintenance Excellence in Washington, DC <Cleaner vehicles, In-use vehicles>
- Diesel Days 2003: Metro Rapid: Bus Rapid Transit in Los Angeles <Sustainable transport>
- Diesel Days 2003: New York City's Experience with Clean Diesel Technologies <Vehicular air pollution>
- Diesel Days 2003: Overview from Diesel Day 1 and Critical Questions <Vehicular air pollution>
- Diesel Days 2003: Service and Maintenance in Developing Countries <Cleaner vehicles, In-use vehicles>
- Diesel Days 2003: Setting the Stage: Why Work on In-Use Diesel Emissions <In-use vehicles, Conventional fuels>
- Diesel Fleet and Fuels Options: What can and should we realistically clean up? <Diesel>
- EU Auto-Oil Programme - Case Study (Oct 2003) <Conventional fuels>
- Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Urban Transport <Policies and instruments, Vehicular air pollution, Sustainable transport, Bus rapid transit, Non-motorized transport, Socio-economic context>
- Regional Workshop on Household Energy, Indoor Air Pollution and Health: Opening remarks
- Retrofit Diesel Particulate Filter Application Considerations and Experience <New vehicles, Conventional heavy duty diesels, Retrofit systems, Buses, Trucks>
- Tomorrow’s Diesel Today: Clean Diesel Overview
- Un-Regulated Emissions from CRT-Equipped Transit Buses <Retrofit systems, Buses, Trucks, Diesel>
 Asia in General- Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Urban Transport <Policies and instruments, Vehicular air pollution, Sustainable transport, Bus rapid transit, Non-motorized transport, Socio-economic context>
- Alternative transport fuels, synthesis of pilot projects <Alternative fuels and energy sources>
- Applications and data needs for Asia, integrating transportation and emissions modeling <Modeling>
- Australian Experience in Fuel Quality Monitoring (Oct 2003) <Conventional fuels>
- Benchmarking Urban Air Quality Management in Asian Cities <Monitoring, Emissions inventories, Policies and instruments, Vehicular air pollution>
- Bus and Trucks Upgrade <Buses, Trucks>
- Capacity building for air quality management in Asia
- Challenges for environmental protection with catalytic converters for 2 and 3-wheelers <2-3 Wheelers>
- Clean development mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol as a funding mechanism for activities aimed at reducing vehicle emissions in Asia <Sustainable transport>
- Cleaner Fuels in Asia (Mar 2004) <Conventional fuels>
- Cleaner Fuels in Asia: The Role of Pricing, Taxation and Incentives (Mar 2004) <Conventional fuels>
- Cleaner two stroke technology <2-3 Wheelers>
- Closing Remarks
- Closing remarks
- Contribution of vehicles to overall air pollution in Asia
- Control of Dust Emissions <Area sources>
- Decentralized Inspection and Maintenance <Inspection and maintenance>
- Development of vehicle emission standards in Europe
- Elements of a comprehensive vehicle pollution control strategy <Policies and instruments>
- Emission modelling as a decision support instrument
- Evidence from India on rural energy <Indoor air pollution>
- Ford's Recommendations and Follow-Up Efforts from the Asia Pacific Automotive Technology Workshops
- Fuel Standards and Pricing (Oct 2003) <Conventional fuels>
- Funding for management of mobile sources of pollution
- Future Urban Transport (Thynell) <Policies and instruments, Vehicular air pollution, Socio-economic context>
- Future involvement of ADB in management of mobile sources of pollution
- GTZ's Clean Air Operations in the Region
- Greenhouse gas emissions from urban transportation
- Guiding air quality management programmes towards cost effective local solutions, the IPIECA toolkit
- Strategic Framework: Sustainable Urban Transport in Asia <Policies and instruments, Vehicular air pollution, Sustainable transport, Non-motorized transport, Socio-economic context>
- Welcome Remarks
- Assessing exposure in Andhra Pradesh
- Closing Remarks
- Household Energy and Integrated Local-Global strategies
- IAP as a major health risk in developing countries
- Indoor Air Pollution and Energy-Poverty Agenda of the joint UNDP / World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
- Investigating the determinants of exposure
- Keynote Speech - Energy, Health and Gender
- Lessons from Andhra Pradesh on women and energy consumption
- Multiple household fuel strategies: lessons from Mexico
- New Evidence on the Disease Burden and Mitigation Strategies for Indoor Air Pollution
- Presentation of Recommendations
- Promoting the uptake of LPG by the poor- the Deepam scheme in AP
- The impact of fuel smoke on respiratory illness among children in Kenya
- What makes a successful stoves program?
- Work Groups Presentations and Discussions
- Working Groups Presentation and Discussions
- IEA's Local Initiatives for Advanced Technology Buses
- Induced travel
- Industry perspective on the status of inspection and maintenance in Asia
- Influencing transport choices through pricing mechanisms
- Innovative approaches in Asia to reduce vehicle emissions as presented in the four Regional Workshops <Vehicular air pollution>
- Inspection and maintenance for motorcycles <Inspection and maintenance, 2-3 Wheelers>
- Institutional challenges in management of mobile sources of pollution <Institutional framework>
- Integrated Air Quality Management: From Plan to Action
- Introduction of RETA and workshop objectives
- Introduction of the RETA and Workshop Objectives <Policies and instruments>
- Introduction of the RETA and workshop objectives
- Introduction to action plans and action plan process
- Introduction to the Clean Air Initiative
- Issues and options for inspection and maintenance program design
- Key Refining Technical and Cost Issues (Oct 2003) <Conventional fuels>
- Key Vehicle Technical and Cost Issues: Overview of Different Regional Approaches (Oct 2003) <Conventional fuels>
- Keynote speech on health impact of pollution from mobile sources
- CNG as Transport Fuel in Asia, Present Situation and Future Outlook <Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)>
- LPG and Natural Gas, emissions from road vehicles <Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)>
- Perspectives and experiences with gaseous fuelled vehicles worldwide <Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)>
- Policy implementation through governmental promotion <Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)>
- Role of CNG Vehicles for air quality management <Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)>
- Safety and gaseous fuels <Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)>
- Lessons on audit and quality assurance mechanisms
- Modeling mobile source emissions
- Monitoring Transport Sources of Pollution: Inspection and Maintenance Programs <Inspection and maintenance>
- Monitoring and Enforcement (Oct 2003) <Conventional fuels>
- Overview of regional fuel market production and consumption, fuel standards, and harmonization of fuel standards
- Perspective of a three wheeler producer
- Planning for bicycles
- Political will and buy in by senior bureaucrats for management of mobile sources of pollution
- Political will and buy in by senior bureaucrats for management of mobile sources of pollution
- Potential of advanced technology vehicles in Asia <New vehicles>
- President's address
- Pricing and Market Regulation Issues (Oct 2003) <Conventional fuels>
- Progress and challenges in motor vehicle pollution control, the role of alternative fuels
- Purpose and structure of working groups
- Reasons for considering advanced vehicle technology
- Reducing emissions from motor vehicles in Asia, a comprehensive strategy <Vehicular air pollution>
- Results of JARI questionnaire 1999-2001, toward sustainable transport
- Paved Road Dust Control in Bangkok <Methodologies, Area sources>
- Role of fuels and lubricants for emission control in two stroke engines
- Service and maintenance in developing countries <Inspection and maintenance>
- Session 7.1
- Shanghai Case
- Speech on environmental litigation in Asia <Policies and instruments>
- Strategies to reduce two-stroke motorcycle in Taipei, China <2-3 Wheelers>
- Sustainable Transport Stakeholders - Academe, Experts (Ang) <Policies and instruments, Vehicular air pollution, Education and awareness, Socio-economic context>
- Sustainable Transport Stakeholders: Donors and Multilaterals <Policies and instruments, Vehicular air pollution>
- Sustainable Mobility Project
- Taipei,China emission control experience <Vehicular air pollution>
- Technical and policy options, urban pollution from two stroke engine vehicles in Asia
- The Importance of Fuel Quality Strategies and the Main Building Blocks (Oct 2003) <Conventional fuels>
- Alternative Fuels, the Latin American experience <Alternative fuels and energy sources>
- The health effects of motor vehicle emissions
- The need for a special approach to management of mobile sources of pollution for Asia <Policies and instruments>
- The need for regional policies on vehicle emissions in Asia
- The role of tax incentives in the production of cleaner fuels and control of vehicle emissions
- The use of inspection and maintenance programs to control vehicle emissions
- Towards an integrated approach to reducing pollution from motor vehicles, transport demand management
- Transport Management <Sustainable transport>
- Transport working group 1
- Transport working group 2
- Transport working group 3
- Transport working group 4
- Transport working group 5
- U.S.EPA Clean Air Programs in Asia
- US-AEP Partnership Activities to Promote Clean Air
- Upgrade of Motorcycles <2-3 Wheelers>
- Urban Energy and the poor: The case of Hyderabad <Indoor air pollution>
- Urban transport policy and the environment
- Vehicle emissions reduction web site, ADB
- Welcome Address
- Where is Asia on sustainable transport? (Fjellstrom) <Measuring impacts, Policies and instruments, Buses, Sustainable transport, Bus rapid transit, Non-motorized transport, Socio-economic context>
- Working groups
- World Bank Initiatives and Air Quality in the Region
 Bangladesh Bhutan- Bhutan - Local Network Commitments <Evaluation and priorization of policies>
 China India Indonesia Japan- Japan Clean Air Programme - Case Study (Oct 2003) <Conventional fuels>
- Local Governance in Managing Urban Transport Pollution - the Case of Tokyo <Sustainable transport>
- Sustainable Urban Transport Experience: Japan <Monitoring, Modeling, Measuring impacts, Policies and instruments, Vehicular air pollution, Sustainable transport, Non-motorized transport>
 Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Pakistan Philippines Singapore- Emission control using chassis dynamometer in Singapore <Vehicular air pollution>
- Sustainable Urban Transport Experience: Singapore <Policies and instruments, Mandatory scrappage, Cleaner fuels and energy sources, Sustainable transport, Non-motorized transport, Socio-economic context>
 Thailand Vietnam
 Europe and Central Asia Latin America- Avaliação e quantificação dos impactos da poluição do ar sobre a saúde e a priorização de medidas mitigadoras <Evaluation and priorization of policies>
- Conceitos de Gestão da Qualidade do Ar <Policies and instruments>
- Inspección, mantenimiento y Acondicionamiento para la vía pública <Sourcebook>
 Argentina Brazil- Caso do São Bernardo <Monitoring, Vehicular air pollution>
- Perspectiva do setor privado <Vehicular air pollution>
 Sao Paulo Rio de Janeiro- Economic Analysis to Strategies of Air Pollution Control <Economic impacts>
- Establishment of Local Emission Factors for Vehicles <Emissions inventories>
- Inventory of Stationary Emissions <Emissions inventories>
- Inventário de Fontes Estacionárias de Poluição do Ar <Emissions inventories>
- The AIRPARIF Experience, Recommendations for Rio de Janeiro
- Road Transport Emission Inventory <Emissions inventories>
- SO2,NOx, CO and TSP emission inventory from man made sources except road traffic in the study area in 2000 and 2010 <Emissions inventories>
- Proyectos del transporte en la ciudad de Río <Sustainable transport>
- Data Quality Certification and Control: Methodologies and Implementation in Rio de Janeiro <Methodologies, Data from existing emissions inventories>
- The Experience of CETESB and Lessons Learned for Rio de Janeiro
- Intervenções previstas e melhoria da qualidade do ar
- Participação da UFRJ na Iniciativa do Ar Limpo no Rio de Janeiro
- Benefícios à Saúde do Controle de Emissões Globais
- Health Effects of Air Pollution – Research and Regulation <Health impacts, Economic impacts, Environmental impacts>
- Principais Desafios da Implementação e Aplicação do Modelo “Ária Regional” (HERMES e CHIMERE) no Rio de Janeiro <Applications>
- Main Challenges Faced When Implementing and Applying the HERMES Model in Rio de Janeiro <Modeling>
- Reorganización del transporte colectivo
- Análise Econômica para Estratégias de Controlee da Poluição do Ar <Economic impacts>
- Vigilância ambiental em Saúde <Monitoring>
- Avanços e Desafios no Diagnóstico da Qualidade do ar na Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro
- Experiência e Desafios na Implementação do Programa de Inspeção Veicular no Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- Cost effectiveness of reduction techniques Help for decision making in air pollution reduction <Economic impacts>
- Aplicação de Métodos Experimentais para a Avaliação da Poluição do Ar <Types and principles, Methodologies>
- Lecciones de la Aplicación del Modelo IPIECA en Lima y Recomendaciones para Río de Janeiro <Applications>
- Experiência da AirParif recomendações para o Rio de Janeiro
- Air Pollution and Health Effects: Progress on Environment and Health Indicators <Health impacts, Economic impacts>
- Action plan for improvement of the air quality in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area
- Results of Air Quality in Rio de Janeiro
- A Experiência na Racionalização do Transporte Urbano em Bogotá <Sustainable transport>
- Recent Studies on Air Quality and its Effects on Health and Future Perspectives in Rio de Janeiro <Health impacts, Economic impacts>
- Cost Benefit Analysis of the Technological Change of the Public Transport System in Santiago: What is the effect of carbon credits?
- Experience with the ATMOS model of ambient dispersion
- Melhoria de qualidade do ar no Rio de Janeiro: estratégias futuras, viabilidade e benefícios
- Modeling Different Air Pollution Control Solutions: Bogota’s Experience Supplementing Work Carried out in Rio de Janeiro <Modeling, Health impacts, Economic impacts>
- Coordenação Inter-Institucional na Comissão Ambiental Metropolitana do México (CAM): Resultados e Desafios
 Colombia Chile Mexico Peru
 Sub-Saharan Africa- A road map to lead phase out: a few case studies <Lead phase - out>
- Air quality guidelines and monitoring programme <Standards, methodologies and guidelines>
- Capacity-building, development of regional expertise, role of consumers <Education and awareness>
- Conference Framework: context, stakes and objectives <Lead phase - out>
- Un Tracé Pour L'élimination de L'essence Avec Plomb. Quelques Examples <Lead phase - out>
- Aperau des options techniques, politiques et réglementaires relatives au passage à l'essence sans plomb dans les stratégies de réduction de la pollution atmosphérique <Lead phase - out>
- Elimination du plomb et contrôle des émissions: Expérience de l'industrie automobile en Afrique australe <Lead phase - out>
- Critères relatifs à la qualité de l'air et à son suivi <Standards, methodologies and guidelines, Lead phase - out>
- Elimination du Plomb dans l’Essence <Lead phase - out>
- Logistique et infrastructures de distribution des carburants <Lead phase - out>
- Mesures d'incitation économique et financière. Réglementation et normes - équilibre acceptable <Regulatory instruments (laws, agreements), Economic instruments, Lead phase - out>
- Remplacement de l'octane-reformulation des carburants <Lead phase - out>
- Economic and financial incentives, regulation and standards <Regulatory instruments (laws, agreements), Economic instruments, Lead phase - out>
- Environmental Lead Levels in African Cities <Monitoring, Measuring impacts>
- Fuel distribution logistics and infrastructure <Lead phase - out>
- Introduction to the regional conference <Policies and instruments, Vehicular air pollution, Sustainable transport>
- Lead Phase-out and emission control: Southern African motor industry experience <In-use vehicles>
- Leaded Gasoline: An overview of environmental and health impacts <Measuring impacts>
- Myths and realities of leaded gasoline <Measuring impacts, Conventional fuels>
- Nigeria Plan of Action and Conclusions of the Abuja Conference <Lead phase - out>
- Establishment of a sub-regional database: challenges and practical measures / Mise en place d’une Banque de données au <Monitoring, Emissions inventories>
- Opening address <Vehicular air pollution>
- Phasing Lead Out of Gasoline <Conventional fuels>
- Presentations, Action Plan and List of Participants <Lead phase - out>
- The integration of leaded gasoline phase out in air pollution reduction programs <Monitoring, Measuring impacts, Policies and instruments, Vehicular air pollution, Conventional fuels>
- Third Steering Committee Presentations
- U. S. Experience with lead phase out <Lead phase - out>
- Vehicle emissions and air quality, damages costing damages <Measuring impacts, Vehicular air pollution, Lead phase - out>
- Worldwide phase-out of lead in gasoline: A Mandate For Action <Lead phase - out>
 West Africa Nigeria & Neighbors
 North America
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