Managing Director, Environmental Management Centre Pvt. Ltd. Director, Ekonnect Knowledge Foundation ABOUT THE SPEAKER Prasad Modak holds B Tech (Civil Engg), M Tech (Environmental Science and Engg) from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Doctor of Engg (Environmental Engg) from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. Dr Modak was a Professor at Centre for Environmental Science…
Clean Air Zone: Its Role and Effectiveness in Air Quality Management in Urban Areas ABSTRACT In today’s world which is quickly urbanizing, deteriorating air quality has emerged as an important concern for cities. Clean Air Zones (CAZs) have become an essential strategy for addressing this problem and providing a successful method of managing air quality….
The critical role of policy enforcement in achieving air quality and minimizing health risks with reference to Indian conditions ABSTRACT Air pollution is a major and growing risk factor for ill health in India and many other countries. It is a major cause of premature death and disease, also, it is the largest environmental health…
Air quality and health impact in Southeast Asia countries ABSTRACT Southeast Asia (SEA) countries was determined as one polluted area in the world. WHO indicated that more than 2 million deaths from air pollution exposure per annum. It was the most vulnerable zone to the adverse impact of air pollution. SEA countries has constantly faced…
Climate change, biomass smoke and air pollution: Implications for global public health ABSTRACT There is increasing scientific consensus that climate change is the underlying cause of the prolonged heatwaves that have increased the risk of extreme wildfires in Australia, North America, Southern Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Amazon. With prolonged droughts and record-breaking temperatures, extreme…
Accounting for area sources in air pollution modeling ABSTRACT A variety of sources of pollutant emissions can be modeled as area sources. These include manure lagoons, landfills, wastewater treatment ponds, and highways. A group of point sources can also be treated as an area source. Thus, the area source model is an important component of…
How can we make Clean Air Action Plans work? ABSTRACT Most of the cities in India are highly polluted today. To respond to this challenge, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Changelaunched National Clean Air Action Plan (NCAP) in January, 2019. The objective of NCAP was to improve air quality in 131 cities (non-attainment…
Study of the influence of wind conditions on resuspension and dispersion of fugitive dust from stockpiles ABSTRACT Dust resuspension from open stockpiles as a fugitive source of air pollution is a pressing environmental issue in port operations. The present study integrates computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and dispersion modelling approaches to investigate the impact of fugitive…
Current strategies to improve ambient air quality in urban areas and GHG emission reduction in India ABSTRACT In this presentation current strategies followed by CPCB / CAQM /MOEF to improve urban Air Quality are discussed namely, Beside above, GHG emission reduction strategy of GOI specially for hard to abate sector like Iron and plants, Coal…
Recent changes of tropospheric ozone over India using observations and reanalysis datasets ABSTRACT In recent decades, there has been a significant surge in interest surrounding tropospheric ozone (O3). This surge can be attributed to its substantial impact on the oxidative capacity of the troposphere, its consequential effects on atmospheric radiative forcing, and its detrimental consequences…