[sustran] Country Synthesis Reports on Urban Air Quality Management in Asia

[majero at adb.org]

Dear All,

The Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) is coming up with
Country Synthesis Reports (CSR) on Urban Air Quality Management in Asia to
provide the general public as well as various air quality stakeholders
within and outside Asia, a comprehensive overview of urban air quality
status in Asia and its management.

In order to understand the air quality problem and management systems in
place in countries*, it is important to understand the economic development
context and the key factors that influence the emission of air pollutants.
The CSR, thus, will provide a synthesis of the status of air pollution and
the air quality management practice and challenges in the different
countries in Asia. It will cover discussion on status and drivers of urban
air pollution, impacts of air pollution to various sectors (health,
environment and economy), the air quality management framework in the
national and local (city) levels, and the challenges that face the cities
and the countries in implementiing and improving their existing AQM
frameworks.

It is intended that the CSR will first be presented to country AQM
stakeholders during the Development Partners Meeting on UAQM in the
different countries where CAI-Asia has existing local networks, then be
presented and discussed in the First Governmental Meeting on Urban Air
Quality Management in Asia in Yogyakarta on December 13-15, 2006.

To come up with comprehensive and up-to date CSRs, we would like to enlist
your help in the drafting of the CSRs by

   sending us published AQM-related documents/reports of your
   organizations,
   referring us to relevant websites and organizations in the various
   cities/countries, especially the contacts in the Ministry of Environment
   who are responsible for air quality management
   sending us AQ data/information, and or
   referring us to other organizations and individuals who are or have been
   recently engaged in AQM studies and may have the relevant AQ information
   that we need.

We will also welcome volunteers who can help write the actual reports.

Please send information or inquiries, if any, to majero at adb.org.
Alternatively, you can also contact the CAI-Asia researcher assigned to the
country you wish to send information on.

Herbert Fabian, hfabian at adb.org     for China, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia
and Pakistan.
May Ajero, majero at adb.org           for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia,
Laos and Nepal.
Ninette Ramirez, nramirez at adb.org   for Bhutan, India, Philippines and
Thailand.
Aurora Ables, aables at adb.org        for Cambodia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sri
Lanka and Viet Nam.

* CSRs will be drafted for the following: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Cambodia, China, Korea, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Malaysia,
Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet
Nam.


May Antoniette Y. Ajero
Secretariat
Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia)
Asian Development Bank
Tel: (632) 632 4444 local 70836
Fax: (632) 636 2381
Email: majero at adb.org
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/