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Air quality action planning: Barriers to remediation in local air quality management

Barnes, J. H.; Hayes, Enda T; Longhurst, James; Olowoporoku, A.O.

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Enda Hayes Enda.Hayes@uwe.ac.uk
Prof in Air Quality & Carbon Management/School Director (Research & Enterprise)

A.O. Olowoporoku



Contributors

C. Brebbia
Editor

Abstract

This paper explores the operation of air quality action planning within the framework of UK air quality management with particular reference to the key actors and actions. The paper examines the intentions of action planning policy and reflects on the role of local government in achieving these intentions. A review of primary sources and peer-reviewed literature identifies some of the barriers to action plan implementation and explores why these barriers remain in place after more than a decade of action. As a nationally mandated but locally operated policy, it is argued that there is a mismatch between ambition, powers and effects. The paper concludes with an exploration of the opportunities to reconceptualise and re-energise the air quality action planning process in order to provide appropriate protection for public health. © 2012 WIT Press.

Citation

Barnes, J. H., Hayes, E. T., Longhurst, J., & Olowoporoku, A. (2012). Air quality action planning: Barriers to remediation in local air quality management. In C. Brebbia, & J. Longhurst (Eds.), Air Pollution XX (139-150). https://doi.org/10.2495/AIR120131

Publication Date Jan 1, 2012
Publisher WIT Press
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Pages 139-150
Series Title WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
Series Number 157
Book Title Air Pollution XX
ISBN 9781845645823
DOI https://doi.org/10.2495/AIR120131
Keywords air quality action planning, local air quality management
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/951456
Publisher URL http://www.witpress.com/978-1-84564-582-3.html