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India’s urban environment - Air/water pollution and pollution abatement [1]

This article focuses on air and water pollution in India's cities, provides empirical evidence to demonstrate the seriousness of the challenges, discusses the relevant policies of national and local governments that are used to address the challenges, and presents relevant political economy issues related to introducing pollution taxes or other policies aimed at building green cities.

Publication Date: 
09/02/2013
Kala Seetharam Sridhar [2], Surender Kumar [3]
Economic and Political Weekly [4]
48
6
22-25
Tags:
Water Pollution [5], Air Pollution [6], India [7], Urban Habitat [8], Indoor Air Pollution [9], Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) [10], Vehicular Pollution [11], Statistics [12], Waste Management [13], Groundwater Pollution [14], Supreme Court [15], Urban Water Supply [16]
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