Urban Air Quality Monitoring in Decarbonization Context; Case Study—Traditional Coal Mining Area, Petroșani, Romania
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Humanity is a fossil-fueled civilization with large influence on the environment. The World Health Organization (WHO) has pointed out that air pollution now single biggest environmental threat to human health. quality in Petroșani, traditional mining region from Jiu Valley bituminous coal basin, Romania, rarely debated; however, it not often investigated. In this paper, main sources of Petroșani are identified and performed measurements emphasize area its transit road. monitoring program set objectives, parameters, points system, as well frequency duration other parameters. equipment used was provided by National Institute for Research Development Mine Safety Protection Explosion within an institutional partnership University Petroșani. parameters conducted March July 2020, at six located road crosses city. It thus possible capture variety concentrations monitored different weather conditions determine area. Based variation measured values one most important historical Romanian basins, preliminary results suggest worsening local relation decarbonization process.
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عنوان ژورنال: Sustainability
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2071-1050']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14138165