Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Green belt technology - ecotechnological strategy for pollution abatement/P.S. Dubey. 2. Green belts along roads and highways/S.B. Chaphekar, Ramesh Madav and Anuradha Mancharkar. 3. Air pollution control through use of appropriate technology/H.V. Bhavnani, M.P. Keshwani, M.M. Gor, Jigar Padaria and Diptesh Jalul. 4. Our children’s earth-exposed to air pollutions, kids’ lungs show later function loss/Vinod S. Patel. 5. Significance of metals as air pollutants/A.D. Galgale and Bhavin Patel. 6. Mitigating urban air pollution through town planning practices/Preety Shah. 7. Auto fuel policy - Government of India/V.S. Patel and Ravi Dhiman. 8. Alternate transport fuels: a solution to control air pollution/Arun Arya and J.H. Bhavnani. 9. Problems of biodeterioration affecting valuable cultural heritage/Arun Arya and A.R. Shah. 10. Awareness programme regarding shifting cultivation among tribal society/Alok Chantia. 11. Optimizing dedusting system design with pleated filter cartridges/Satish Parekh. 12. Monitoring and control of urban air pollution in India/Hardik Bhatt and Hitesh Dhamecha. 13. Indoor air pollution and problems of biodeterioration in museums of Gujarat/Arun Arya and V.K. Muliya. 14. Reduction in protein and chlorophyll contents in Calotropis gigantea (L.) R. Br. growing near stone crusher/B.R. Pandit and P.G. Prasannakumar. 15. Effect of air pollution on plants/Arun Arya. 16. Eco-auditing as a strategic tool in managing the resource and energy in cement industries/K. Haryani, S. Maderia and A. Dangash. 17. Eco-degradation around dolomite grinding units at Tehsil Alirajpur, district Jhabua (MP)/D.M. Kumawat, H.K. Ram and K. Haryani. 18. Changing atmosphere - the effects of global warming/Bindoo Bhatt and A.K. Gupta. 19. Bio monitoring of air pollution/Arun Arya. 20. Microbial and plant growth posing threat to buildings and monuments/Arun Arya and N.R. Shah. 21. Pollution control in India - approaches and achievements/R.C. Trivedi. 22. Understanding about an air environment among school children/S.J. Bedi. 23. Fungal biopollutants prevailing in fruit markets of Baroda and associated diseases of certain fruits/Chitra Arya and Alpa Parmar. 24. Pollution Prevention Pays (PPP) - a profitable investment for industry/V. Mane. 25. Phytoremediation and bioremediation: emerging technologies for pollution control/Sayantani Ghosh.26. Effect of air pollution on breeding performance of birds/Geeta Padate. 27. Corrosion and environment: studies with zinc/Rakesh T. Jasrai. 28. Air pollution terminology/V.S. Patel. 29. Facts: It makes you think. …

“Environment has changed significantly during past two centuries. There is marked increase in concentration of green house gases like carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere and various pollutants are posing threat to plant and human life. We have altered the natural ecosystem making the plant, animal and human life miserable. Our planet is warming up, there is climate change and depletion of ozone layer. Vehicular pollution in urban areas is responsible for increasing cases of Asthma and pulmonary diseases. To highlight the “Eco-degradation Due to Air Pollution”, a national seminar was organized by Indian Association for Air Pollution Control on Sixteenth October 2004 at Vadodara. The present book includes the chapters on green belt, eco-technology, eco-auditing, town planning, air pollution control, use of nanotechnology in pollution control, causes of pollution on health of kids. Pollution due to stone crushing units, biopollutants like fungi and bacteria in markets, affecting museum materials and monuments, biomonitoring, bioremediation and effect of pollution on breeding of birds were also discussed and compiled in this volume. The book not only provides first hand information on degradation of environment both materials and human health but solutions suggested can be effectively used by planners and industrial houses alike to reduce the damage caused by air pollutants. When we are working for Blue Planet Earth and preparing master plan for sustainable cities more such studies will be highly useful.” (jacket)