Abstract
Road transport, including accessibility and individual mobility is considered unanimously as a fundamental element of contemporary living. The study area is considering Braila County with a total population of around over 305,000. The area it is well served by 6 national roads, 27 county roads and 42 communal roads and contains some of the most heavily trafficked stretches of road in the Romania. The emissions analysed in this study CH4, CO, CO2, N2O, NH3, NOx, PM2.5 and PM10, were collected by the Agency for Environmental Protection Braila during 2015-2019 based on questionnaires according to EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook. The highest level of pollutant emissions was recorded in 2017, more exactly 191714,5 Megatons. In this article we analysed five categories of pollution sources: Passenger car, Light commercial trucks, Heavy-duty vehicles, Motorcycles and Non - Road vehicles and other mobile equipment. With the exception of CO2, N2O and NH3, pollutant emissions decreased for the eight pollutants analysed.
Highlights
Transport is the third major cause of greenhouse gas emissions in Romania
Based on the level of detail accessible, and the method used for the calculation of emissions, the pollutants may be separated into the four groups: the first category include pollutants for which a precise approach exists, based on specific emission factors, the second group pollutants are calculated in reference to fuel consumption, the third group contain pollutants for which a simplified method is utilized, predominantly because of the deficiency of detailed data and fourth group includes pollutants that are originated as a fraction of total Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) emissions
The dataset was collected by the Agency for Environmental Protection Brăila in accordance with questionnaires as stated by EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook
Summary
Transport is the third major cause of greenhouse gas emissions in Romania. Starting with 1990, emissions released from transport in Romania have been intensifying and as part of the Paris Agreement this trend should be immediately inverted (Earl T., 2018). Romania is already facing magnified impact of climate change and warming in comparison with Europe. If no constraint is assumed, Romania risks not respect their mid-term European diminution objectives. The aim of this paper is to analyse the types of pollutants, sources and their impact on air quality in Braila County in the period 2015-2019, in the context of national decreasing the transport emissions from a wide variety of European and national actions. There is an ample mixture of national actions that may encourage diminish need and facilitate changing strategy to fewer polluting forms. Actions refers to replacing automobiles with trains, buses, and bicycle (EC, 2017, 2020)
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