Efforts to improve air quality in major regions - costs and benefits, successes and failures

Today, pollution of the atmosphere presents serious dangers to human wellness and the environment in many major regions. The paper study the successes and failures of various pollution control methods by finding the root causes of air pollution in three major regions, Europe, Delhi in India, and California in USA, and the methods they implemented to reduce it. Targeted government policies and strict regulatory frameworks have brought improvements in Europe and California, on the other hand, hasty and coercive legislation has also led to some unforeseen challenges that were not anticipated. Delhi government also effort to implement pollution control policies, but in recent years, there has been a lack of further measures, mostly because of the fast industrialization and weak implementation of environmental and financial restrictions. The purpose of this paper is to provide assistance for the development of future global air quality control measures through the utilization of these cases.

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Highlights in Science Engineering and Technology
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2024-12-24
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https://doi.org/10.54097/83bcmw36
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Vehicle emissions and performance
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Efforts to improve air quality in major regions - costs and benefits, successes and failures

Shu-Wei Lu
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Vehicle emissions and performance
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Efforts to improve air quality in major regions - costs and benefits, successes and failures

Shu-Wei Lu
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Today, pollution of the atmosphere presents serious dangers to human wellness and the environment in many major regions. The paper study the successes and failures of various pollution control methods by finding the root causes of air pollution in three major regions, Europe, Delhi in India, and California in USA, and the methods they implemented to reduce it. Targeted government policies and strict regulatory frameworks have brought improvements in Europe and California, on the other hand, hasty and coercive legislation has also led to some unforeseen challenges that were not anticipated. Delhi government also effort to implement pollution control policies, but in recent years, there has been a lack of further measures, mostly because of the fast industrialization and weak implementation of environmental and financial restrictions. The purpose of this paper is to provide assistance for the development of future global air quality control measures through the utilization of these cases.

Highlights in Science Engineering and TechnologyVol. 121
King's College London (GB), King's College School (GB), London Institute for Mathematical Sciences (GB), London Mathematical Laboratory (GB)
Sustainable cities and communities
Openalex Percentile: Top 74%
Vehicle emissions and performance
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