War and Urban-Industrial Air Pollution in the UK and the US

Peter Brimblecombe

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-17439-2_4

War and Urban-Industrial Air Pollution in the UK and the US

Peter Brimblecombe

School of Energy and Environment

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The Second World War stimulated an increase in industrial output and pollutant emissions. This often reduced improvements that had come about through smoke control policies in the interwar years. There were issues of patriotism and camouflage that could be invoked to relax regulations. Nevertheless, many clean air groups continued to advocate strongly for cleaner air and fuel economy. A shift from solid to liquid fuels and the industrial use of organic solvents and volatile feedstocks saw the appearance of secondary air pollution problems, the product of chemical reactions in a sun-lit atmosphere.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Resilient City in World War II
Subtitle of host publication	Urban Environmental Histories
Editors	Simo Laakkonen, J. R. McNeill, Richard P. Tucker, Timo Vuorisalo
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	4
Pages	69-80
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-17439-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-17438-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17439-2_4
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Name	Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History
ISSN (Print)	2730-9746
ISSN (Electronic)	2730-9754

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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

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The Resilient City in World War II: Urban Environmental Histories. ed. / Simo Laakkonen; J. R. McNeill; Richard P. Tucker; Timo Vuorisalo. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. p. 69-80 (Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History).

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