* Hundreds of millions of city dwellers breathe air so polluted with chemicals, smoke and particles that it dramatically exceeds World Health Organization limits with major impacts on health and the environment

* The most authoritative assessment of air pollution and urban air quality management, practice and capability, covering 20 major Asian cities with easy-to-read city profiles, tables and graphs

* Presents the latest strategies for managing and improving urban air quality in cities in Asia and across our rapidly urbanizing world

* Hundreds of millions of city dwellers breathe air so polluted with chemicals, smoke and particles that it dramatically exceeds World Health Organiza...

* How to meet the need for development without the detrimental impacts from transport on air quality, climate and land use* An invaluable sourcebook of major contributions to the debate* Essential reading for transport planners, development economists and environmentalistsIt is becoming increasingly urgent to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, control the spread of new infrastructure and consider the value of life for future generations, the poor and those deprived of human rights by planning systems that place economics above environmental and social justice. This book highlights creative work...

It is becoming increasingly urgent to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, control the spread of new infrastructure and consider the value of life for future generations, the poor and those deprived of human rights by planning systems that place economics above environmental and social justice. This study highlights creative work on world transport policy - a major contributor to environmental and social degradation - and suggests practical initiatives to achieve a reduction in global dependency on cars, lorries and aircraft. It includes international contributions that evaluate the track record...

Today environmental issues are part of daily life, a feature of the contemporary world almost everyone now recognises. Modern environmentalism has promoted a way of speaking and thinking about the environment that was not possible or imaginable 50 years ago. Its legacy is reflected in science, in politics, economics and the arts. This book charts the development of modern environmentalism, through images and ideas, as a reaction to modernity and as an influence on it. Modern environmentalism has taken many forms and followed different pathways. It spans reformist and radical ideas about what...

The rate and scale of environmental change caused by humans is so significant that it has warranted the ushering of a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. More than ever we need effective policies that address our current environmental challenges: climate change; preservation of biodiversity; shortages in food, water, and energy; and environmental equity. "The Short Guide to Environmental Policy" provides a concise introduction to environmental policies over the last sixty years, bringing together perspectives from a range of fields, including economics, sociology, politics, and social...