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    European Best Practices to Mitigate Air Pollution: A Review
    (Springer Nature Switzerland, 2022) Kaushik, Geetanjali; Khalid,Monowar Alam; Ali, Nusrat; Ahmad, Syed Aqeel
    Air pollution has become a global issue. It is of significance to identify the best practices that have helped countries in Europe to combat the issues of air pollution. Eight cities from Europe are discussed in this chapter to understand best practices for air pollution mitigation at city level. These include Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin city, London, Paris, Prague, and Rotterdam. Each city highlights the importance of mitigating road-related air pollution as it is the major contributor of air pollution in urban areas. Various interventions such as traffic and mobility management, parking management, low emissions zone, congestion charge, cycling, and walking infrastructure are discussed in this chapter. A comparative table gives a brief outlook on these best practices that Indian cities can draw insights from. However, no one solution works for all cities, and hence each city needs a tailored solution based on the analysis of air pollution and major contributors of air pollution in the city.
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    Perceptions of School Students Regarding Air Pollution: A Study of Aurangabad City in Maharashtra, India.
    (Springer Nature, Switzerland AG, 2022) Kaushik, Geetanjali; Khalid,Monowar Alam; Mumtaz, Neha; Izhar, Tabish
    Over the last decade, air pollution has become a global issue on account of anthropogenic activities and has resulted in severe health issues and has reduced public’s subjective well-being. Awareness and behavioral change can go a long way in mitigating the adverse impacts of air pollution. This chapter focuses on assessing the perceptions of students in the city of Aurangabad in the state of Maharashtra in India toward air pollution and provides insights into students’ perceptions about air pollution in the city, factors responsible for it, and the role they can play in controlling it. Awareness of air pollution at an age as young as 11–12 provides a promising step toward minimizing hazardous effects on the community. All the students believed the air quality in their neighborhood to be good. Majority of the respondents in our study confirmed vehicular exhaust as the main cause of pollution in their communities followed by smoke from dumpsites. Further all the students agreed that they would take measures to curb air pollution which is a positive step toward reducing it and minimizing health impacts.