Current and Future Fuel and Vehicle-Related Issues

Year: 2001

Publication type: Executive Reports

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Poor air quality is a concern in many countries in Latin America, particularly in large cities. Like many other urban areas, sources of common air contaminants may be divided into three categories: point, mobile and area. Point sources are typically associated with industrial processes, mobile sources relate to emissions caused by both on and off-road vehicles and area sources consist of emissions attributable to human activities such as home heating, backyard burning, lawn care, etc.

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