Abstract
Air pollution is a cause for serious concerns in urban areas in Republic of North Macedonia. Intensive development of road transport increases the main air pollutants’ concentrations - particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide, whose monitored values are continuously exceeding the limit. The main disadvantage of the national plans and annual reports is the absence of comprehensive and categorized list of reduction/mitigation measures for road transport impacts on air quality. Analyzing the current air pollution problem and road transport contribution this paper provides the needed and detailed categorization of short-to-long term reduction/mitigation measures consisting of five subcategories. Based on measure categorization, a guiding frame for urban air quality is designed, intended for further support and assistance for local authorities in the process of air pollution control. Designed with integrated activities, the air quality guidance enables them to select suitable measures to manage road transport pollution and to evaluate their effects estimating the changes in air pollution levels. Hence, the guidance can be used for thorough planning of air quality issues caused by road transport and for policy making. Contributing for urban air quality improvement the guidance is a first step towards the implementation of air pollution management in urban areas. Doi: 10.28991/cej-2021-03091651 Full Text: PDF
Highlights
Air pollution is a global threat leading to harmful impacts on health, ecosystems and life quality
There, road traffic is recognized as the biggest single contributor to two of the most harmful and widespread air pollutants – nitrogen oxides (NOX) and particulate matter (PM) [2]
This section ends with parts dedicated to: importance of regular monitoring and reporting of the measure effect, which could serve as a confirmation for properly conducted measure selection (Sec. 3.4) and application possibilities of proposed air quality guidance (Sec. 3.5) for broader range of users for policy making and design of strategies for pollution control
Summary
Air pollution is a global threat leading to harmful impacts on health, ecosystems and life quality. The categorization list will assist and facilitate the local authorities’ legal obligation to provide air quality improvements They would be able to select a measure that best fits to their local and economic constraints, or to the available human and technical resources. The local authorities will have validated results that would support their decision referring measure selection and implementation Faced with such complex task and real need for air pollution control in our urban areas, the structure of this paper starts with the analysis of pollutants’ concentrations trends. Only the concentrations of particulate matter and nitrogen oxides as main air pollutants are considered (Sec. 2.2 – 2.3) The aim of this analysis was to stress out the extent of air pollution problem in urban areas in R. This section ends with parts dedicated to: importance of regular monitoring and reporting of the measure effect, which could serve as a confirmation for properly conducted measure selection (Sec. 3.4) and application possibilities of proposed air quality guidance (Sec. 3.5) for broader range of users for policy making and design of strategies for pollution control
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