Includes bibliographical references and index.

Anthropogenic sources of air pollution / Chinmay Mallik -- Biogenic sources of air pollution / Harpreet Kaur and Ruchi Kumari -- Transport of air pollutants / Naveen Chandra and Vineet Goswami -- Methods for measurement of air pollutants / Shani Tiwari and Neha Mishra -- Air pollution modelling apects : an overview / Monojit Chakraborty, Sangeeta Bansal, Renu Masiwal, Amit Awasthi -- Indices used for assessment of air quality / Prashant Rajput, Gyanesh Kumar Singh and Tarun Gupta -- Impact of air pollution on the environment and economy / Saurabh Sonwani and Vandana Maurya -- Effects of air pollution on human health / Priyanka Kulshrestha -- Megacities of developing countries / Arti Choudhary, Manisha Gaur and Anuradha Shukla -- Cost-effective technologies used to curb air pollution / Ravi Prakesh Singh and Saumya Singh -- Atmospheric contaminants : sources, chemical characterization and hazards / Vineet Goswami and Naveen Chandra -- Air pollution control : policies and legislations / Ruchi Singh and Amit Kumar. "Air pollution has become a major global issue due to rapid industrialization, human population growth and increasing urbanization. The various sources of atmospheric pollutants, both those created by human activity and those from natural physical and biological processes, have become the focus of much scientific research and analysis. An understanding of how these many pollutants are affecting air quality is essential in order to design strategies to mitigate them." -- Provided by publisher.