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URBAN MOBILITY STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE LOCAL AIR QUALITY: CASE STUDY OF LISBON, PORTUGAL

27th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution

Lopes D.; Ferreira J.; Almeida-Silva M. — 2019 — WIT Press

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Lopes D.; Ferreira J.; Rafael S.; Baptista P. (Patrícia De Carvalho Baptista); Faria M.; Canha N. (Nuno Canha); Marta Almeida S. (Susana Marta Lopes Almeida); Almeida-Silva M.

Published in

09/04/2019

Abstract

Particulate matter concentrations are still exceeding the European air quality limit values, mainly in the urban areas where a large part of the population lives. Despite the implementation of several policies and measures to reduce the atmospheric emissions from road transport, this activity still has high influence in the air quality of the European cities. The main purpose of this study was to assess the potential of urban mobility strategies to reduce the particulate matter concentrations over the main avenue of Moscavide (a parish within the municipality of Loures, very close to the city of Lisbon, Portugal). The proposed strategies were evaluated by applying an air quality modelling system with a high spatial resolution. The results showed a slight air quality improvement (up to 0.9 μg.m-3) for the tested scenarios. However, complementary studies are still necessary to provide a better understanding of the most efficient urban mobility strategies to be applied over the study area.

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Publisher

WIT Press

Title of the publication container

27th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution

Location of the conference

Portugal

Conference date start

06/26/2019

Conference date end

06/28/2019

First page or article number

257

Last page

263

Volume

236

DOI

10.2495/air190251

Fields of Science and Technology (FOS)

earth-and-related-environmental-sciences - Earth and related environmental sciences

Keywords

  • PM10
  • road transport
  • urban mobility strategies
  • air quality modelling

Publication language (ISO code)

eng - English

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