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An Assessment Of The Contribution Of Industrial Emission Sources To The Declaration Of An Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) In England And Wales

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

74

Pages

9

Published

2004

Size

319 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/AIR040241

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

N.S. Leksmono, B.E.A. Fisher, J.G. Irwin, K.A. Ling & J.W.S. Longhurst

Abstract

Local authorities in England and Wales have completed the first round of air quality review and assessment. Nearly 130 of them have or will declare an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA). Most AQMAs are declared due to traffic emissions but there is also some contribution from industrial sources. This paper outlines the Air Quality Management process within authorities declaring such an AQMA by examining how the authorities managed the industrial sources and assesses their relationships with the Environment Agency of England and Wales. Results are presented from questionnaire surveys involvi

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