Hazardous Air Pollutants in the United Arab Emirates

Hazardous air pollutants in the United Arab Emirates
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Hazardous Air Pollutants in the United Arab Emirates  PAGEREF _Toc407780921 \h
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1.0 Introduction  PAGEREF _Toc407780922 \h
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1.1 Background  PAGEREF _Toc407780923 \h
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1.2 Motivation  PAGEREF _Toc407780924 \h
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1.3 Aim and objectives  PAGEREF _Toc407780925 \h
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1.4 Scope and limitation  PAGEREF _Toc407780926 \h
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2.0 Literature review  PAGEREF _Toc407780927 \h
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2.1 Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)  PAGEREF _Toc407780928 \h
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2.2 Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)  PAGEREF _Toc407780929 \h
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2.3 Total Suspended Particles (PM10)  PAGEREF _Toc407780930 \h
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2.4 Carbon Monoxide (CO)  PAGEREF _Toc407780931 \h
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2.5 Ozone (O3)  PAGEREF _Toc407780932 \h
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2.6 Greenhouse gases (GHG)  PAGEREF _Toc407780933 \h
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3.0 Problem description  PAGEREF _Toc407780934 \h
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4.0 Methodology/data collection  PAGEREF _Toc407780935 \h
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4.1 Departments working at the National Bureau of Statistics  PAGEREF _Toc407780936 \h
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4.2 Semi-official and official institutions and association concerned with the environment  PAGEREF _Toc407780937 \h
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4.3 Surveys  PAGEREF _Toc407780938 \h
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5.0 Data analysis  PAGEREF _Toc407780939 \h
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6.0 Results and discussion  PAGEREF _Toc407780940 \h
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7.0 Conclusions  PAGEREF _Toc407780941 \h
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8.0 References  PAGEREF _Toc407780942 \h
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9.0 Appendix  PAGEREF _Toc407780943 \h
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9.1 Appendix 1: Copy of the questionnaire survey questions  PAGEREF _Toc407780944 \h
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Hazardous Air Pollutants in the United Arab Emirates
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background
The majority of air pollution is as a result of the combustion of fossil fuels. These contaminants or pollutants could come directly from a tailpipe or smokestack, or they might come from a chemical reaction between sunlight and these emissions. Hazardous air pollutants consist of the following: ozone (O3); particulates; poisonous gases for instance nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, and carbon monoxide; compounds which react with water in the earth’s atmosphere thereby forming acids; greenhouse gases; and heavy metals (Absal, 2009). In addition, burning of forests and other plant materials emits similar gaseous pollutants. Several cities in the United Arab Emirates are afflicted...