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India
- History and Objectives
- Phase 1: Hyderabad Ambient Air Quality Analysis (April 2005)
- Phase 2: Source Apportionment Study (October 2007)
History and Objectives
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/India Mission and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the IES-India project in February 2002. The team selected the city of Hyderabad, a city of 6 million people in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, as the project site. Hyderabad is known for its emerging high-tech industry and its rapid growth in the past decade. Key government officials in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Central Pollution Control Board, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB), and the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad supported the IES effort and participated in a February 2002 scoping meeting that identified specific project objectives, which were to:
- Provide policymakers with quantified information on the public health, environmental, and economic impacts of selected integrated measures to improve ambient air quality.
- Engage policymakers and other key stakeholders in a discussion on the benefits of an integrated approach to addressing environmental problems.
- Build support among key stakeholders, including public officials, businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and civic organizations, for the effective implementation of promising measures.
- Build capacity in Hyderabad and India for multidisciplinary policy analysis.
In 2003, the Supreme Court of India directed several states to produce action plans to combat rapidly increasing air pollution and related widespread respiratory disease. To provide additional scientific backing for the Hyderabad Action Plan, the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board embarked on a source apportionment study in Hyderabad to examine the sources of PM identified in the original inventory and additional sources not included in the original inventory.
Phase 1: Hyderabad Ambient Air Quality Analysis
The IES-India ambient air quality analysis focused on measures in the transportation and industrial sectors and their effects on air quality and associated GHG emissions.
Phase 2: Source Apportionment Study
The source apportionment focused on improving capacity for validating emissions inventories.