Accelerating growth in the transport sector, a booming construction industry, and a growing industrial sector are responsible for worsening air pollution in Indian cities.

This study under the SIM-air program was initiated with support from the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation (New Delhi, India) to better understand the sources of air pollution in the Pune city and to support an integrated dialogue between local pollution management and climate policy in a co-benefits framework.

Accelerating growth in the transport sector, a booming construction industry, and a growing industrial sector are responsible for worsening air pollution in Indian cities.

Building an effective air quality management system (AQMS) requires a process of continual improvement, and the source apportionment techniques described in this report can contribute in a cost effective manner to improving existing systems or even as the first step to begin an AQMS.

In a number of cities in India, air pollution is a growing problem, not only limited to the megacities, but also spreading through the tier II and tier III cities. Given a diverse mix of sources in these cities, with megacities dominated with transport sector and the secondary

Delhi is gearing up to host Commonwealth Games in October 2010. This latest analysis of air quality trends in Delhi and their implications on CWG 2010 by Dr. Sarath Guttikunda suggests innovative interventions for fast & effective air quality management.

The air quality index (AQI) is an "index" determined by calculating the degree of pollution in the city (as an average) or at the monitoring point and includes five main pollutants

Emerging opportunities to capitalize on co-benefits of urban pollution and global climate policy: a paper presented by Dr. Sarath Guttikunda, Delhi at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010.

In order to assess the role of meteorology as a diffusing or non-diffusing agent, this paper presents a 20 year analysis of the effects of meteorology on air pollution and has considered Delhi for pilot analysis. The study will be extended to 10 more cities in 2010.

Singapore is the first city in the world to implement electronic road pricing (ERP) in September 1998. The ERP or congestion pricing system was successful for one important reason - the city operates a widely accessible public transport system (road and rail) which can support the shift to car-free transport.