CUE - Urban Climate: Pollution Reduction Policies

Question 1

Name 8 other pollution reduction policies

Answer 1

Park and ride, Park and Glide, Urban Bypass, Congestion Charge, Creation of bus or carpooling lanes
Mass Transit Systems e.g Metrolink, Manchester
Banning cars on certain days e.g Mexico City
Greater provision for cyclists, encouraging Active Travel e.g Copenhagen’s Snake Bridge

Question 2

What’s zoning of industry?

Answer 2

Planned legislation has forced companies to build higher factory chimneys to emit pollutants above the inversion layer.

Question 3

Explain vehicle control and public transport

Answer 3

In London, an ultra-low emission zone is being introduced from September 2020

• exhaust emissions standards are set and a daily non-compliance charge introduced
• all double decker buses in central London will be hybrid and single decker buses will be zero emission

Question 4

Describe clean air acts

Answer 4

After London’s Smog of 1952 the British government introduced the clean air act of 1956
- smoke-free zones in urban areas
- tough regulations imposed on airborne pollution in 1990s - particularly on PM10s
Dust suppressants at industrial sites
Local councils have had to establish air quality management areas