Outdoor air pollution in India is not only an urban problem | Zendy

A. R. Ravishankara | Zendy; Liji M. David | Zendy; Jeffrey R. Pierce | Zendy; Chandra Venkataraman | Zendy

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Outdoor air pollution in India is not only an urban problem

Author(s) -

A. R. Ravishankara,

Liji M. David,

Jeffrey R. Pierce,

Chandra Venkataraman

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

proceedings of the national academy of sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011

H-Index - 771

eISSN - 1091-6490

pISSN - 0027-8424

DOI - 10.1073/pnas.2007236117

Subject(s) - air pollution , pollution , particulates , environmental planning , developing country , geography , environmental protection , environmental science , economic growth , ecology , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology , economics

Urban outdoor air pollution in the developing world, mostly due to particulate matter with diameters smaller than 2.5 µm (PM 2.5 ), has been highlighted in recent years. It leads to millions of premature deaths. Outdoor air pollution has also been viewed mostly as an urban problem. We use satellite-derived demarcations to parse India's population into urban and nonurban regions, which agrees with the census data. We also use the satellite-derived surface PM 2.5 levels to calculate the health impacts in the urban and nonurban regions. We show that outdoor air pollution is just as severe in nonurban regions as in the urban regions of India, with implications to monitoring, regulations, health, and policy.

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