Air Quality Management

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. explain the following terms: air quality, Management, Pollution, ozone, pollutant and many others; 2. explain the objectives, theories and historical overview of air quality management; 3. discuss the composition of ambient air; 4. classify air pollution according to sources, types, causes and effects; 5. explain industrial and municipal air pollution; 6. discuss environmental health problems arising from air pollution; 7. explain indoor air pollution and abatement; 8. discuss the health and environmental effects of indoor air pollutants; 9. carryout air quality monitoring; 10. outline basic equipment and tools used in air quality monitoring; 11. appraise the principles and objectives of air quality management; 12. describe the health and environmental effects of ozone layer depletion, tobacco smoke, asbestos and carbon monoxide; 13. explain sick building syndrome; 14. discuss the principles, objectives and application of risk assessment and management; 15. distinguish hazard analysis, identification and characterization; 16. compare different types of air pollutants; 17. describe the institutional roles and duties in Nigeria; 18. outline the strategies in the prevention and control of indoor and outdoor air quality; 19. explain photochemical smog; 20. outline the process of corrosion of artefacts & abrasion of surfaces due to poor air quality; and 21. discuss air quality models.

Concept, theories, objectives and historical overview of air quality. Composition of air. Air pollution, sources, types, causes and effects. Industrial and municipal air pollution, environmental problems arising from air pollution-global warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, photochemical smog, corrosion of artefacts, abrasion of surfaces & other bodies, inhibition of photosynthesis and many others. indoor air pollution like environmental tobacco smoke, biomass fuel, asbestos, carbon monoxide, sick building syndrome (SBS) and many others; health and environmental effects of air pollution. Equipment and tools in air quality assessment. Introduction to air quality models. Risk assessment such as health risk assessment and risk management, hazard and identification in the field and human exposure assessment, health risk characterization, health impact assessment and epidemiological methods. Air quality sampling, monitoring and analysis. Air quality standards and guidelines (national and international) air pollution prevention and control Meteorology. Institutional roles in air quality management.