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Climate Change and Air Pollution pp 241–254Cite as

Climate Change and Air Pollution in Malaysia

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Abstract

Air pollution due to anthropological activities and natural disasters are the major challenges for environmental issues for last few decades. Human activities and population growth aggregate the atmospheric composition and damaged Earth’s atmosphere. Southeast Asia (SEA) is facing with natural disasters such as flood and tsunami that are challenging international attempts to address these issues for climate change. Transboundary haze is one of the significant environmental issues in SEA since 1983. The transboundary haze pollution has adverse impacts on environment due to greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions as well as ecosystem and biodiversity which caused climate changes in recent decades.

Keywords

  • Haze
  • Tropical country
  • Malaysia
  • Open burning
  • Health impact
  • Forest fire

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  1. Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Nasrin Aghamohammadi & Marzuki Isahak

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  1. International Institute of Health Management and Research (IIHMR), New Delhi, India

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  2. Dipartimento Di Scienze Documentarie, Linguistico-Filologiche e Geografiche, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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Aghamohammadi, N., Isahak, M. (2018). Climate Change and Air Pollution in Malaysia. In: Akhtar, R., Palagiano, C. (eds) Climate Change and Air Pollution. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61346-8_15

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