Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality for Sustainable Life: A Case Study of Rural and Urban Settlements in Poor Neighbourhoods in Kenya

摘要: This paper reports on the indoor and outdoor air quality in informal urban rural settlements Kenya. The study is motivated by need to improve consciousness understand harmful health effects of vulnerable people, especially poor communities. Ng’ando settlement Leshau Pondo village Kenya are selected as representative neighborhoods where unclean energy sources used for cooking, lighting heating. Filter based sampling gravimetrical, elemental composition black carbon (BC) analysis particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm (PM2.5) performed. findings from showed levels exceeding limit suggested world organization (WHO), rare exceptions. Significantly higher PM2.5 observed indoors samples, a differences orders magnitudes up 1000 µg/m3 settlements. reveals presence potentially toxic elements, addition characterization, emission were also identified. Levels Pb WHO found majority samples collected locations near major roads heavy traffic. Our results demonstrate that most households live deplorable conditions more 12 h day women children affected. Air condition much worse wood kerosene only available fuels their needs.