Air Quality Management: Linking Science to Policy

Catalog description

Air quality management topics are discussed: the policy foundation and varied approaches used to address criteria air pollutants, air toxics, mobile sources and acid deposition. Management principles are based on science-backed policies. The course covers concepts and methods in atmospheric science, exposure science and health sciences that are used to support policy and management decisions. Relevant science is introduced to understand how air pollutants are generated, how individuals and populations are exposed to air pollution, how air pollution exposure affects health in the general and vulnerable populations and how air pollution and climate change interact in affecting human health.