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Vegetation and other development options for mitigating urban air pollution impacts
Citation:
Baldauf, R. W. AND D. Nowak. Vegetation and other development options for mitigating urban air pollution impacts. Chapter 56, Global Environmental Change. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, Netherlands, , 479-485, (2014).
Impact/Purpose:
book chapter
Description:
In addition to installing air pollution control devices and reducing emissions activities, urban air pollution can be further mitigated through planning and design strategies including vegetation planting, building design, installing roadside and near source structures, and modifying surrounding terrain features. While emission control techniques and programs that reduce air pollution are an important component of air quality management strategies, options that directly remove pollution or reduce exposures also exist that can further reduce the impacts of air pollution in urban areas. These methods can complement existing pollution control programs or provide measures to reduce impacts from sources difficult to mitigate. Since air pollution control techniques, emission standards, and urban planning strategies to reduce urban air pollution impacts are discussed in other sections of this handbook, this section focuses on options that developers, transportation designers, and urban planners can implement to reduce concentrations and population exposures to harmful air contaminants.
