Augmenting continuous monitoring of Air Pollution in Bengaluru
Updated: Jan 14, 2020
Evaluating strategic approach to enhancing availability and accessibility of air quality data for citizens, researchers and other actors in the city
Client: Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI)
Location: Bengaluru
Partner/Collaborators: Clean Air Platform - Bengaluru (CAP-B), Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI)
Duration: Oct 2018 - November 2018
Status: Completed
This was a research project undertaken to evaluate the fixed air quality monitoring network in the city to address two key gaps - lack of spatial coverage for the whole city and additionally how to improve the data access for the general public and other interest groups
The project analysed the following:
Status of monitoring network in the city - its historic growth as per CPCB standards, type of monitors (manual vs continuous) and distribution across the city
Citizens and Researchers perspective with regard to data availability and accessibility as well as use case requirements for mitigation
Strategic criteria and approaches for augmenting the monitoring network
The project tasks consisted of a concept note to build a case for the project - understanding context of the city, efforts undertaken so far by KSPCB, needs of data by different actors in the city and therefore the call to action forward.