The book ‘Air Pollution and Health’ focuses on the study of the sources of air pollutants and discusses the impact of air pollution on human health. The complete volume seeks to describe the sources of air pollution and its actual or likely impacts on health, and how human societies and their governments should respond, with particular focus on the health sector. As air pollution is a global issue affecting the earth, which is clearly evident from the U N Human Development Report, 2007, the book tries to highlight the impact of air pollution on human health, and suggests ways to meet the challenges raised by air pollution with suitable initiatives. The book will be structured into the following two sections: Section I "Research Insights" comprising six articles will speak of the sources of air pollution and the emergence of different types of diseases due to air pollution and the ways to reduce the green house gases present in the atmosphere. Section II "Combat Initiatives" analyzes how to overcome the different health hazards resulting from various sources of air pollution and the current status of air quality in specific geographical locations around the world through seven articles.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Debashree Mukherjee
Debashree Mukherjee has done her bachelor's and master's degrees in Law from the University of Burdwan. She was the gold medalist in both the degrees and was the awardee of Saroj Mazumdar Medal by the University. She is currently working as Consulting Editor at the Icfai Business School Research Center, Kolkata. Prior to joining Icfai, she has taught law at the University of Burdwan and at various law colleges in Kolkata. Her areas of interests include environment, human rights, international law and international relations.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Somnath Hazra
Somnath Hazra holds an MA degree in Economics from Rabindra Bharati University, West Bengal. Prior to joining Icfai, he worked on various projects related to Environmental Economics sponsored by University Grants Commission, West Bengal Pollution Control Board etc. He also had the experience of delivering Post Graduate lectures on Rural Economics (Rural Environmental Economics) under special lecture scheme of Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, apart from serving as External Examiner of Environmental Economics in MA (Environmental Studies) Course. He also worked as an Associate Consultant of a vital developmental project of the Government of West Bengal. Besides regularly contributing to research papers in various refereed journals and edited volumes, he regularly presents research papers in various National and International Conferences. His research areas of interest are environmental economics, health economics and development economics.
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