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In the recent years Government of India as well as different provincial governments have taken up several ambitious high-way developmental activities to accelerate the economic growth of India. The increased vehicular traffic caused due to highway development is a major source of air pollution. Carrying out environ-mental impact assessment (EIA) is an essential part of major road development projects in India. Also, the assessment of impacts on air pollution is an important aspect of EIA. In the present paper, a methodology has been presented for incorporating spatial data in GIS environment for assessing air pollution impact of a highway project.
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Agrawal, M.L., Maitra, B., Ghose, M.K. (2007). A Spatial Assessment of Air Pollution Impact of a Highway Project Using GIS. In: Gómez, J.M., Sonnenschein, M., Müller, M., Welsch, H., Rautenstrauch, C. (eds) Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71335-7_5
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