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Article: Air pollution impact due to road transportation in Hong Kong in the next decade

TitleAir pollution impact due to road transportation in Hong Kong in the next decade
Authors
KeywordsRoad transport related air pollution
Air pollution modelling
Street level air pollutants forecast
Vehicle emission control strategies
Issue Date1995
PublisherHong Kong Institution of Engineers. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/thie20
Citation
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Transactions, 1995, v. 2 n. 2, p. 39-47 How to Cite?
AbstractThe air quality due to road transportation in Hong Kong in the next decade is studied. It is estimated that the new vehicle emission standards implemented in 1995 will reduce the ever-increasing NOx emissions inventory level in the coming years. However, the results obtained from a simple graphical screening method show that the peak hourly carbon monoxide level will increase substantially in the next decade in some heavy traffic areas under the current vehicular emissions control policy, but it will stiff be within the Air Quality Objective limit. This implies that the vehicular emissions control programmes enforced in recent years and to be enforced in future would partly improve the air quality at street level, but more effective measures are required to satisfactorily improve the situation. Thus, the policies for tackling the problems of air pollution due to road transportation in developed countries are reviewed, and their applicability to the situation in Hong Kong is discussed.
DescriptionBest Environmental Paper Award 1994 - 1st Runner-up
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/76087
ISSN
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.167

 

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dc.contributor.authorLee, BCHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, DYCen_HK
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dc.date.available2010-09-06T07:17:31Z-
dc.date.issued1995en_HK
dc.identifier.citationHong Kong Institution of Engineers, Transactions, 1995, v. 2 n. 2, p. 39-47en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1023-697X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/76087-
dc.descriptionBest Environmental Paper Award 1994 - 1st Runner-up-
dc.description.abstractThe air quality due to road transportation in Hong Kong in the next decade is studied. It is estimated that the new vehicle emission standards implemented in 1995 will reduce the ever-increasing NOx emissions inventory level in the coming years. However, the results obtained from a simple graphical screening method show that the peak hourly carbon monoxide level will increase substantially in the next decade in some heavy traffic areas under the current vehicular emissions control policy, but it will stiff be within the Air Quality Objective limit. This implies that the vehicular emissions control programmes enforced in recent years and to be enforced in future would partly improve the air quality at street level, but more effective measures are required to satisfactorily improve the situation. Thus, the policies for tackling the problems of air pollution due to road transportation in developed countries are reviewed, and their applicability to the situation in Hong Kong is discussed.-
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherHong Kong Institution of Engineers. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/thie20en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofHong Kong Institution of Engineers, Transactionsen_HK
dc.subjectRoad transport related air pollution-
dc.subjectAir pollution modelling-
dc.subjectStreet level air pollutants forecast-
dc.subjectVehicle emission control strategies-
dc.titleAir pollution impact due to road transportation in Hong Kong in the next decadeen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailLeung, DYC: ycleung@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1023697X.1995.10667684-
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