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Sustainable development is a multi-disciplinary area that requires a global understanding of environmental, economic and social issues. Sustainable development in coastal areas, in particular, requires an understanding of the interaction between the marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

The Environmental Engineering - Sustainable Development in Coastal Areas course aims to introduce core environmental concepts, with a focus on the coastal areas of the Benguela region. The course includes an introduction to the socio-economic and environmental coastal areas of South Africa, Namibia, as well as Angola, followed by a discussion of governance rules and management tools required for their sustainable development. The remaining modules are dedicated to resources such as water, energy, air and natural living resources and cover aspects relating to their use, depletion or degradation, and protection. The course also addresses the rich natural resources along the coast and associated conservation and tourism activities.

Module 5: Air Quality

The first lecture of this module provides an overview of air pollution issues - the health and environmental impacts and sources - and discusses a system for Air Quality Management. The second lecture is a case study that focusses on vehicle transport as a major source of air pollution in the City of Cape Town.
The module includes a description of the main outdoor (ambient) air pollutants in urban areas and their health impacts, a brief survey of the most common sources of air pollution, an overview of an Emmission Inventory and the basic methods of estimating emmission rates from each of the main categories of air pollutatnt sources, a description of an Air Quality Management System, and a case study : Estimating Vehicle Emmissions in the City of Cape Town.

Documents

Module 5: Case Study

Posted Wed, 2006-05-03 10:16

Case Study for Module 5 (Air Quality) of the course on 'Environmental Engineering - Sustainable Development in Coastal Areas'.

File:

Module 5 Air Quality Case Study.pdf

Module 5: Newspaper articles

Posted Wed, 2006-05-03 10:22

Newspaper articles for Module 5 (Air Quality) for the 'Environmental Engineering - Sustainable Development of Coastal Areas' course.

Author:

Kanina Foss

Document date:

2009-10

File:

Module 5 Air Quality Selected newspaper articles.pdf

Air Quality Case Study 1

Posted Wed, 2006-05-03 10:30

Air Quality Case Stdy 1 for the 'Environmental Engineering - Sustainable Development in Coastal Areas' course.

Language:

English

File:

Module 5 Air Quality Case study 1.doc

Urban Air Pollution

Posted Fri, 2011-05-06 15:32

This document contains Urban Air pollution notes for Environmental Engineering.

Language:

English

File:

Module 5 Air Quality Introduction.pdf

National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act Act 39 of 2004

Posted Fri, 2011-05-06 15:46

This document contains National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act .The Act reform teh law regulating air quality in order to protect the environment.

Language:

English

Document date:

2005-02

File:

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AIR QUALITY ACT NO 39 OF 2004 with highlights.pdf