Abstract
Air pollution is a global environmental problem that affects the population. This work demonstrates the perception of air quality by the population of the urban area of the municipality of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. To meet the objective, a survey of 36 questions was applied to a sample of 382 people living in the main crossing points of vehicles, where there is more traffic and more severe pollutant concentration problems. We decided to apply the grouping method within a radius of 500 m around the selected intersections, where 95% of the respondents are aware that the air they breathe has a certain degree of contamination.
Highlights
Poor air quality is a risk factor for human health
Because the aim of this research was to study the perception of air quality around the selected points, a radius of 500 m around the traffic light was determined to be an appropriate area for the study
The questionnaire used as a tool to analyze the perception of air quality had 36 questions that were mostly dichotomous
Summary
Since the Industrial Revolution, the world has been experiencing a high concentration of people in sites near factories. Nine out of ten people breathe air with high pollution [3], with approximately seven million deaths per year related to breathing suspended particles (PM10 and PM2.5) [4]. This fact has forced us to closely study air pollution in our cities, as environmental indicators are developed by considering the particularities of every place [5], in addition to analyzing pollution’s impact on the health of an area’s inhabitants and pollution’s possible relationship with socioeconomic factors [6]
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