Anmerkungen:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments October 21, 2008 erstellt
Beschreibung:
Air pollution, not only in mega cities, but also in growing secondary cities, is an increasing problem in the developed and developing countries. To better understand the sources of air pollution and the potential to reduce these emissions in a cost effective manner, there is a need to draw upon substantial information on the sources, dispersion, impacts, and control, and there is a growing need for appropriate analytical tools need to be employed. Currently, in the developing countries of Asia and Africa, there is little in the way of an organized knowledge base or analytical tools that may help support decision making in an integrated manner, since most available tools are complex and data-intensive; in addition, institutional capacity and financing challenges limit the sophistication of analysis that can be done in a reasonable time recognizing the scale of the problem. There is a need for a new generation of simple & interactive tools that can be used recognizing the information and institutional challenges. As cities differ substantially in their development stage, needs, and institutional setup, there is a need to be able to rapidly scale-up and customize these tools and use them to facilitate discussions across key stakeholders. This paper presents the framework of an excel based analytical tool "Simple Interactive Model for Better Air Quality (SIM-air)", under application in ~20 cities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, with an objective to support informed decision making on air pollution control