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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Seminar of interest.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font face="Arial">Joint
Mexico City Air Quality Project and<br>
MIT-Harvard Seminar Course on Environmental Management<br>
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<font size="+2"><b>Urban Air Pollution in India<br>
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</b></font><font size="+1"><b>Uma Rajarantham<br>
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)<br>
New Delhi, India<br>
(Currently Fulbright Fellow at the Health Effects Institute)<br>
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</b></font>October 31, 2003<br>
1:00 - 2:30<br>
Room 54-915<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"><b>Abstract:<br>
</b>Urban air quality particularly, particulate matter pollution is of
serious concern to many cities in India. This attracts increasing
attention from policy makers, The supreme court of India, research
institutions, universities and donor agencies. In the recent years lot
of policy interventions are being under taken to address the urban air
pollution problem. However many unanswered questions about the major
sources of air pollution still exist. The presentation would cover the
analysis of past and recent work on urban air pollution carried out in
India that can be used to assess the contribution of different sources
of air pollution. Based on the review, summary of state of the art
knowledge, gaps in data and analysis and future needs will be
addressed.<br>
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<b>About the Speaker:<br>
</b>Ms Uma Rajarantham is a Fellow from TERI (The Energy and Resources
Institute), New Delhi, India. She has more than a decade experience on
air quality issues in India. Currently she is on her Fulbright Indo
American Environmental Leadership Program fellowship, and associated
with Health Effects Institute for a period of 5 weeks, for learning
more about "Estimation of health impacts of air pollution in
India" focusing specially on extrapolating the research conducted
in developed countries to Indian situation.<br>
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<b>About TERI<br>
</b>A unique developing-country institution, TERI is deeply committed
to every aspect of sustainable development. From providing
environment-friendly solutions to rural energy problems to helping
shape the development of the Indian oil and gas sector; from tackling
global climate change issues across many continents to enhancing
forest conservation efforts among local communities; from advancing
solutions to growing urban transport and air pollution problems to
promoting energy efficiency in the Indian industry, the emphasis has
always been on finding innovative solutions to make the world a better
place to live in. However, while TERIís vision is global, its roots
are firmly entrenched in Indian soil. All activities in TERI move from
formulating local- and national-level strategies to suggesting global
solutions to critical energy and environment-related issues.<br>
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<b>Suggested Reading List:<br>
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</b></font><font face="Times New Roman">Please visit the following web
site for more details: www.teriin.org<br>
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TERI web site on indoor air quality:
http://www.teriin.org/indoor/indoor.htm<br>
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Report prepared for the World Bank: <i> Review of past and
on-going work on urban air quality in India</i>
(http://www.teriin.org/reports/rep12/rep12.htm)<br>
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