URBAIR project, 30
Urban air
pollutants, 31, 142
quality in developing countries, 53
smogs in the UK, 46
Urbanization, 21
in Latin America and Africa, 37
Uruguay, 40, 52
UVR exposure, 147
Value added in agriculture, 121
Vector-borne infectious diseases, 149,
151
Venezuela, 40
Vernalization, 116
Vietnam, 100
Villach conference (SCOPE 29), 3
Viral encephalitis, 151
Visibility, 33—34
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs),
24, 26, 32
Vulnerability, 89, 91—92, 104, 106, 109,
136
assessment, 106
in coastal areas, 104
methodologies, 104
of sea-level rise, 91
Vulnerable populations, 152
Water,
essential for human health, 143
-related illnesses, 143
scarcity, 155
shortage, 143
snails, 150
tables, 143
vapour, 3, 16
wars, 154
Water hyacinth, 149
Wave climate, 90
Weather and ocean climate patterns,
64
West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS),
87
West Coast salmon catches, 75
Wetland response to sea-level rise, 106
Wetlands, 95, 100, 155
World Business Council for
Sustainable Development
(WBCSD), 169
World Climate Research Programme
(WCRP), 11
World Commission on Environment
and Development (WCED),
154
World Health Organisation (WHO),
30—31, 142, 144
air quality guidelines for Europe,
30—31
standard, 144
World Meteorological Organisation
(WMO), 1—2
World population, 57, 60, 139, 143,
152
Yangtze River basin, 155
Yellow fever, 149
Yellow River basin, 143
Yellowfin, Thunnus albacores, 72
Zambia, 40, 51
Zooplankton, 64, 67—68, 74—75, 77
abundance, 68
off California, 74
and production of, 64
biomass, 75
Subject Index
197