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Air Pollution: Impacts, Studies, and Regulations

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ENG-474: Environmental impact assesment

Présentation des bases des études d'impact, du contexte et des outils d'évaluation de chacun des sujets et des chapitres. Illustration par de nombreux cas réels, et par un travail de groupe. Discussion des limites des EIE et des nouveaux outils tels que le ...

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This lecture covers the environmental impact of air pollution, focusing on winter and summer smog episodes, the effects of VOCs and ozone, emissions from vehicles, health impacts of air pollution, and legal regulations on air quality standards and emissions. It also discusses the importance of environmental impact studies in predicting and preventing excessive immissions, as well as the role of the air protection ordinance in setting emission and immission limit values for various pollutants.

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Félix Schmidt

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