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Table 1.8

The concentrations of various pollutants in the atmosphere in various cities in in 1995 Asia,
Country City City Total Sulfur Nitrogen
population suspended dioxide dioxide
( 1000) particulates ( g/m 3 ) ( g/m 3 )
( g/m 3 )
China Shanghai 13,584 246 53 73
Beijing 11,299 377 90 122
Tianjin 9415 306 82 50
India Bombay 15,138 240 33 39
Calcutta 11,923 375 49 34
Delhi 9948 415 24 41
Indonesia Jakarta 8621 271 – –
Iran, Islamic Tehran 6836 248 209 –
Rep.
Japan Tokyo 26,959 49 18 68
Osaka 10,609 43 19 63
Yokohama 3178 – 100 13
Korea, Rep. Seoul 11,609 84 44 60
Pusan 4082 94 60 51
Taegu 2432 72 81 62
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 1238 85 24 –
Philippines Manila 9286 200 33 –
Russian Moscow 9269 100 109 –
Federation
Omsk 1199 100 9 30
Singapore Singapore 2848 – 20 30
Thailand Bangkok 6547 223 11 23
Turkey Istanbul 7911 – 120 –
Ankara 2826 57 55 46
Izmir 2031 – – –
Ukraine Kiev 2809 100 14 51

Table 1.9
The concentrations of various pollutants in the atmosphere in various cities in in 1995 Africa,
Country City City Total Sulfur Nitrogen
population suspended dioxide dioxide
( 1000) particulates ( g/m 3 ) ( g/m 3 )
( g/m 3 )
Egypt, Arab Rep. Cairo 9690 – 69 –
Ghana Accra 1673 137 – –
Kenya Nairobi 1810 69 – –
South Africa Capetown 2671 – 21 72
Johannesburg 1849 – 19 31
Durban 1149 – 31 –