Publication Date
Fall 1999
Degree Type
Master's Project
Degree Name
Master of Urban Planning (MUP)
Department
Urban and Regional Planning
Abstract
As a society we aspire to live in communities with healthy air quality. Achieving this goal is contingent upon contolling many different sources of air pollution. In the past twenty years, the largest sources of air pollution have shifted from easily targeted “smoke stack industries” to difficult to target “mobile sources, Mobile sources, which include automobiles and trucks, are difficult to control because they involve not just the technology that creates the pollution but also how individuals choose to (or are required to) use mobile sources. As a result, controlling these sources of air pollution can be a complex endeavor. There is very little — perhaps zero — societal will to regulate the behaviors that create mobile source air pollution. As a result, air quality regulators are realizing that achieving clean air may rely on voluntary efforts that address individual behaviorial choices and community policy decisions. While this appears to be a logical step toward achieving our goal of living in communities with clean, healthy air, implementing and tracking voluntary efforts requires an arduous planning process.
Recommended Citation
Laurenson, Barbara, "Voluntary Mobile Source Emission Reduction Programs" (1999). Master's Projects. 1698.
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_projects/1698
