Approaches on implementing innovations to achieving faster progress on air quality improvement in DKI Jakarta, Indonesia.
Year: 2019
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: TPS 641: Policies, interventions, communication, Exhibition Hall, Ground floor, August 28, 2019, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Air pollution levels in DKI Jakarta, capital city region of Indonesia, are high and rising, posing a serious public health threat to 32 million residents. In 2017, the annual average concentration for particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 micron (PM2.5) was 41 ug/m3; daily concentrations rarely meet the World Health Organization’s health-based air quality standard of 25 ug/m3. The current official air pollution monitoring conducted in Jakarta is inadequate: PM2.5 is not monitored nor have there been recent assessments of particle composition to inform source apportionment. These limitations and a lack of reliable emissions inventories and regional air pollution data are barriers to planning and implementing greater control of air pollution in DKI Jakarta. In 2018, the Governor’s office announced “Grand Design: Air Pollution for a Healthy Livable City” to carry out a multi-stakeholder assessment and planning process to produce recommendations for air quality improvement in Jakarta. This talk highlights approaches to combining strategic use of innovations in air pollution monitoring, emissions estimation and source apportionment modeling to inform near-term control measures for priority sources at a local and regional level in Jakarta. Topics to be addressed will include: emerging results from source apportionment work underway to identify leading PM2.5 sources in the metropolitan area, an innovative strategy for improving monitoring, the policy implications of emerging local data on air pollution and stunting, and the challenges of addressing both local pollution sources within direct control of DKI Jakarta and transported pollution from sources such as episodic haze from peatland fires.
Source: Environmental Epidemiology
Authors: Pun V, Mungkasa O, Lestari P, Kusuma R, Tang L, Mehta S, Kass D, Matte T
Institutions: Vital Strategies, Bandung Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Environmental Engineering
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,200
OpenAlex ID: W2981951985