Urban Air Quality in Cotonou

Urban Air Quality in Cotonou

This note shows the results of the "Clean Air Initiative in Sub-Saharan African Cities," a study to evaluate air pollution launched and coordinated by the World Bank. The following items are addressed: (i) estimation of the present glob...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Other Authors:	Washington, DC
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS POLLUTANTS POLLUTION & POLLUTION CONTROL RESPIRATORY DISEASES NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AIR QUALITY EMISSIONS VEHICLE EMISSIONS AGE OF VEHICLES AIR AIR TRANSPORT ALLERGIES CARBON CARBON MONOXIDE CLEAN AIR CO CO2 EMISSION EMISSION LEVELS ENGINES FUEL HC HUMAN HEALTH HYDROCARBONS LEAD POLLUTION NITROGEN NITROGEN OXIDES NOX O3 OZONE OZONE CONCENTRATION PM10 POLLUTANT POLLUTION LEVEL PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROADS SO2 SULFUR SULFUR DIOXIDE SUSPENDED PARTICLES TRAFFIC URBAN AIR URBAN AIR QUALITY VEHICLE VEHICLES VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/09/3229043/urban-air-quality-cotonou http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9755

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Summary:	This note shows the results of the "Clean Air Initiative in Sub-Saharan African Cities," a study to evaluate air pollution launched and coordinated by the World Bank. The following items are addressed: (i) estimation of the present global level of air pollution in Cotonou; (ii) determination of transportation's role; (iii) evaluation of the risk to human health and estimation of resulting expenses; (iv) examination of foreseeable future pollution evaluation of results of measures likely to be taken to reduce pollution and (v) proposal of a strategy for the implementation of these measures.