Exploring the potential for “urban air quality transition management” in the EU – lessons from the City of Aachen (Germany)

Abstract Air pollution is one of the most important global sustainability and health challenges. In response to this, the European Union (EU) initiated with its Directive 2008/50/EC a new era of (urban) air quality management (UAQM) and introduced air quality plans and short term action plans as maj...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paul Szabo-Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Urban Transformations
Subjects:
EU
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42854-019-0003-5