Padma S. Rao

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a system analytical perspective on management options that could efficiently improve air quality at the urban scale, having Delhi as a case study, and employ the newly developed GAINS-City policy analysis framework, consisting of a bottom up emission calculation combined with atmospheric chemistry-transport calculation, to derive innovative insights into the current sources of pollution and their impacts on ambient PM2.5, both from emissions of primary PM as well as precursors of secondary inorganic and organic aerosols.

TL;DR: A comprehensive and spatial emission inventory was carried out for sulphur dioxide (SO2), particulate matter (PM) and toxic metals from industrial sources in Greater Mumbai, India.

TL;DR: In this article, a software developed by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) for the determination of optimal width of a green belt in and around an industry is based on pollution attenuation coefficient of selected plant species of deciduous trees existing in the region.

TL;DR: The temporal and spatial variation of air pollution in and around petroleum refinery was presented and it was showed that no health risk due to benzene is present in the areas adjacent to the refinery.

TL;DR: In this paper, an integrated assessment of air quality and climate policies for Indian cities, with a particular focus on National Capital Territory of Delhi, has been carried out, where the authors have developed emission inventory of air pollutants and greenhouse gases for the base year (2010) and evaluated the impact of current policies on emission projections by 2030 in the business-as-usual scenario.