scholarly journals Environment Quality: Impact From Traffic, Power Plant and Land Morphology, a Case Study of Prishtina

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bujar Bajcinovci
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Urban Air Pollution ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Pollution Level ◽  
Environmental Air ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Environmental Air Pollution

Abstract Environmental air pollution is a global health concern, a complex phenomenon which is directly reflected on public health, economic and human development. Environmental air pollution has been drastically multiplied, followed by the beginning of the new Millennia in Prishtina, the capital city of the Kosovo. The new millennium began as a crucial activity for the city of Prishtina in terms of demographic, human geography, social and economic phenomena. The presented study aims to determine prevalent traffic and land morphology composition attributes, which have influenced and continue to have environmental impact in the city of Prishtina. According to the conceptual findings from the empirical observations, the heavy city traffic and the land morphology structure, determine the urban air pollution level. Prishtina is generally polluted due to its geomorphic position in relation to the power plants Kosovo A, and Kosova B. The impact of the above cited factors, is even bigger when the dominant winds prevail through valley, which encompasses the city. The findings from this paper propose the necessity of careful driven urban solutions.

scholarly journals INVESTIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AIR POLLUTION AND ITS CHANGE ASSESSMENT IN ŠIAULIAI

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Leonas Paulauskas ◽  
Robertas Klimas
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Laboratory Investigation ◽  
Total Concentration ◽  
Pulmonary Diseases ◽  
Mobile Laboratory ◽  
Malignant Tumours ◽  
City Environment ◽  
Environmental Air ◽  
The City ◽  
Environmental Air Pollution

Air pollution is one of the main reasons of pulmonary diseases, malignant tumours, allergic and other chronic deceases. In 2003, with the help of a mobile laboratory, investigation on air pollution and its distribution in Šiauliai city environment was accomplished. Measurements were performed once a month in exploratory positions deployed at 1 km intervals one from another. Average onetime annual pollutant concentration was measured, estimating one square kilometer. Concentration of CO in Šiauliai surroundings varied from 0,5 mg/m3 to 5,8 mg/m3 or by 51 % of Šiauliai area varied from 0,8 mg/m3 to 1,4 mg/m3. Concentration of NO2varied from 0,005 mg/m3 to 0,84 mg/m3 or by 57 % of the city area it varied from 0,010 mg/m3 to 0,020 mg/m3. Concentration of NO varied from 0,003 mg/m3 to 0,495 mg/m3. Concentration of SO2 varied from 0,0015 mg/m3 to 0,012 mg/m3. Concentration of O3 varied from 0,022 mg/m3 to 0,134 mg/m3. The total concentration of hydrocarbons varied from 1,5 ppm to 3,5 ppm. The highest level of pollution was observed in the central part of the city.

scholarly journals Environmental air pollution is an aggravating event for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

2013 ◽  
Vol 71 (10) ◽  
pp. 807-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla A. Scorza ◽  
Lineu Calderazzo ◽  
Ricardo M. Arida ◽  
Esper A. Cavalheiro ◽  
Fulvio A. Scorza
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Refractory Epilepsy ◽  
Urban Air Pollution ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sudden Unexpected Death ◽  
Urban Air ◽  
Unexpected Death ◽  
Environmental Air ◽  
Environmental Air Pollution

It is extremely difficult to estimate the occurrence of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). On the other hand, discovering and carefully evaluating new risk factors that may contribute to the onset of cardiovascular abnormalities in people with refractory epilepsy may prevent fatal events in these individuals. In this context, we should not ignore that urban air pollution is a leading problem for environmental health and is able to cause serious cardiovascular dysfunctions that culminate in sudden death. In this regard, we aimed to determine whether environmental exposure to air pollution is an aggravating event for SUDEP.

Decreased fertility in mice exposed to environmental air pollution in the city of Sao Paulo

2005 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soraya Vecci Mohallem ◽  
Débora Jã de Araújo Lobo ◽  
Célia Regina Pesquero ◽  
João Vicente Assunção ◽  
Paulo Afonso de Andre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Environmental Air ◽  
The City ◽  
Environmental Air Pollution

Decreased fertility in mice exposed to environmental air pollution in the city of Sao Paulo

2004 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. S278
Author(s):  
K.S. Ogliari ◽  
S.V. Mohallem ◽  
E.B. Pasqualotto ◽  
P.H. Saldiva ◽  
M. Dolhnikoff
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Environmental Air ◽  
The City ◽  
Environmental Air Pollution

scholarly journals DETERMINATION OF THE MOST POLLUTED ATMOSPHERIC AIR POLLUTION CATEGORY OF ALMATY CITY

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-40
Author(s):  
Zh Sarsenova ◽  
Sh Saimassayeva ◽  
A. Smaiyl
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Suspended Particles ◽  
Pollution Level ◽  
Sensor Location ◽  
Atmospheric Air ◽  
Common Category ◽  
Single Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

This article discusses the impact of suspended particles on human health, by providing small definitions of PM2.5, including how they appear, what particles they consist of, and how they harm the respiratory and circulatory systems.  In addition, the analysis of the pollution level of the city of Almaty for the last three years from March 22, 2017, to October 6, 2020, with categorical intermediate values of suspended particles was carried out. Careful work was done with the SCV file such as data was skipped in the cells, that is, there were empty values; translation to a single data type; filling in empty cells. It also considers making a decision on the six categories provided to identify the average meeting categories. The authors identified specific categories based on digital readings of values received from sensors, where each category has its own verbal values that are understandable for each person. The indicator displays with weights as a graph for a specific Seifullin-Dulatov sensor location with categorical and without categorical division. Then for each intersection or location of the sensors is shown in a table. It is also revealed which level or category is the rarest among the others and the most common category as well.

scholarly journals Reduction of transport-related air pollution. A case study based on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level of NOx emissions in the city of Krakow

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 790-796
Author(s):  
Maciej Mikulski ◽  
Paweł Droździel ◽  
Sławomir Tarkowski
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Nitrogen Oxides ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
Significance Test ◽  
Pollution Level ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Abstract This article describes the impact of limiting human mobility related to the COVID-19 pandemic on the level of air pollution related to transport. The city of Krakow and the emission level of nitrogen oxides (NOx) were used as a case study. This article describes the air quality monitoring system in Krakow and the measurement results from the measurement station at Krasinskiego Avenue. The average values of the pollution level in April 2018–2020 were compared. For the selected range of data, a significance test was performed, which resulted in no grounds for rejecting the hypothesis of the equality of the mean levels of nitrogen oxides concentrations in the spring. The analysis takes into account the average monthly temperatures in the discussed years.

An Urban Air Pollution Early Warning System Based on PM2.5 Prediction Applied in Ploiesti City

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 858-863
Author(s):  
Mihaela Oprea ◽  
Marius Olteanu ◽  
Radu Teodor Ianache
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Urban Air Pollution ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Air Pollutant ◽  
Pollution Level ◽  
Urban Air ◽  
Prediction Approach

Fine particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 �m (i.e. PM2.5) is an air pollutant of special concern for urban areas due to its potential significant negative effects on human health, especially on children and elderly people. In order to reduce these effects, new tools based on PM2.5 monitoring infrastructures tailored to specific urban regions are needed by the local and regional environmental management systems for the provision of an expert support to decision makers in air quality planning for cities and also, to inform in real time the vulnerable population when PM2.5 related air pollution episodes occur. The paper focuses on urban air pollution early warning based on PM2.5 prediction. It describes the methodology used, the prediction approach, and the experimental system developed under the ROKIDAIR project for the analysis of PM2.5 air pollution level, health impact assessment and early warning of sensitive people in the Ploiesti city. The PM2.5 concentration evolution prediction is correlated with PM2.5 air pollution and health effects analysis, and the final result is processed by the ROKIDAIR Early Warning System (EWS) and sent as a message to the affected population via email or SMS. ROKIDAIR EWS is included in the ROKIDAIR decision support system.

scholarly journals Environmental Regulation and Exports: Evidence from the Comprehensive Air Pollution Policy in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Chen ◽  
Yang Xu
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Pollution Prevention ◽  
Firm Entry ◽  
Entry And Exit ◽  
Control Plan ◽  
Heterogeneous Effects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Firm Entry And Exit

The impact of environmental regulation has been an important topic. Based on the Chinese Custom Database and China City Statistical Yearbook, this paper investigates the effect of environmental regulation on export values and explores potential mechanisms and heterogeneous effects. Taking advantage of China’s first comprehensive air pollution prevention and control plan, the Air Pollution Control in Key Zones policy, as a quasi-natural experiment, we employ the difference-in-differences method to examine the causal relationship between environmental regulation and exports. We find the statistically significant and negative effect of environmental regulation on exports at the city level. Moreover, we find that the potential mechanism is the change in export values caused by firm entry and exit, especially by exiters, rather than the change in the number of exporting firms in the city caused by firm entry and exit. In addition, we find the heterogeneous effects of environmental regulation based on the differences of environmental policy across cities and the Broad Economic Categories classification.

Accessing heat: Environmental stigma and ‘porous’ infrastructural configurations in Ulaanbaatar

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004209802110005
Author(s):  
Rebekah Plueckhahn
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Core Area ◽  
History Of ◽  
Burning Coal ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The City

This article explores the experience of living among diverse infrastructural configurations in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and forms of stigmatisation that arise as a result. In this capital city that experiences extremely cold winters, the provision of heat is a seasonal necessity. Following a history of socialist-era, centrally provided heating, Ulaanbaatar is now made up of a core area of apartments and other buildings undergoing increased expansion, surrounded by vast areas of fenced land plots ( ger districts) not connected to centrally provided heating. In these areas, residents have historically heated their homes through burning coal, a technique that has resulted in seasonal air pollution. Expanding out from Wacquant’s definition of territorial stigmatisation, this article discusses the links between heat generation, air pollution and environmental stigmatisation arising from residents’ association with or proximity to the effects of heat generation and/or infrastructural lack. This type of stigma complexifies the normative divide between the city’s two main built areas. Residents’ attempts to mitigate forms of building and infrastructural ‘quality’ or chanar (in Mongolian) form ways of negotiating their position as they seek different kinds of property. Here, not only are bodies vulnerable to forms of pollution (both air and otherwise), but also buildings and infrastructure are vulnerable to disrepair. Residents’ assessments of infrastructural and building quality move beyond any categorisation of them being a clear ‘resistance’ to deteriorating infrastructural conditions. Instead, an ethnographic lens that positions the viewpoint of the city through these residential experiences reveals a reconceptualisation of the city that challenges infrastructurally determined normative assumptions.

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