Developments of Risk-based Air Quality Management Strategies under Impacts of Climate Change

摘要

Climate change has been forecast to influence air quality on regional- and global-scales through perturbations in precursor emissions as well as atmospheric physical and chemical processes (Jacob and Winner, 2009). Two air pollutants of great concern are ozone and PM_(2.5) (paniculate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 μm) due to their adverse human health effects. Health effects of ozone include increased rates of hospital admissions, exacerbation of respiratory illnesses and others (Bell et al., 2005). PM_(2.5) has been studied to increase risks of heart attacks, lung function indices and other health effects (Dominici et al., 2006).