AUTOMOTIVE AIR-POLLUTION IN DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES - OUTLOOK AND CONTROL STRATEGIES

Automotive air pollution will intensify with increasing urbanization and the rapid pace of motorization in developing countries. Without effective measures to control automotive air pollution, 300-400 million city dwellers in developing countries will become exposed to unhealthy and dangerous levels of motor vehicle related air pollution by the year 2000. Administratively simple measures that encourage the use of energy efficient and environmentally efficient vehicles, cleaner fuels and better traffic management appear to be the most promising approach to controlling vehicle pollutant emissions in developing countries. These measures should be reinforced by effective regulatory, pricing and taxation policies, sound land use planning and environmentally compatible public transportation systems.