Πλοήγηση ανά Θέμα "Air pollution"
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Air pollutants and morbidity of cardiopulmonary diseases in a semi-urban Greek peninsula
(2011)Aim: To access the relationship between the frequency of hospitalizations due to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and air pollution. Material-method: Time series study during a seven year period (2001-2007) in a ... -
Connected & autonomous vehicles – Environmental impacts – A review
(2020)Over the last decades the vehicle industry has shown interest in integrating new technologies on vehicles’ design. Such technologies are used in autonomous, connected and electrical vehicles with the primary hope of improving ... -
Environmental assessment of precision farming techniques in a pear orchard
(2017)Pears require a substantial number of inputs for satisfactory yield and quality. High inputs increase costs, reducecompetitiveness and induce environmental problems. In thecurrent study the environmental profile of a pear ... -
Environmental noise and air pollution monitoring in the athens ring road ('attiki odos') an important parameter for a sustainable urban development
(2015)Attica Tollway (Attiki Odos), a modern motorway extending along 65 km, constitutes the ring road of the greater metropolitan area of Athens and the main road network of the Attica Prefecture with over 4.5 million inhabitants. ... -
Estimation of ground-level O3 using soft computing techniques: case study of Amritsar, Punjab State, India
(2022)Over the years, many organizations across the globe have conducted various studies pertaining to air pollution and its ill effects. The results of these studies substantially conclude that a plethora of people succumbs to ... -
Health impacts due to particulate air pollution in Volos City, Greece
(2016)There is great consensus among the scientific community that suspended particulate matter is considered as one of the most harmful pollutants, particularly the inhalable particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less ... -
The impact of congestion management on air pollution emissions in urban freeways
(2013)Urban and semi urban transport contributes considerably to many environmental problems, e.g. air pollution and environmental noise. Congestion in motorways in particular, has a signifi cant effect in traffi c conditions ... -
Population, economic growth and regional environmental inefficiency: Evidence from U.S. states
(2015)We apply a conditional directional distance function allowing multiple exogenous factors to measure environmental performance. We evaluate the air pollution performance levels of U.S. states for the years 1998 and 2008. ... -
Population, economic growth and regional environmental inefficiency: Evidence from U.S. states
(2016)We apply a conditional directional distance function allowing multiple exogenous factors to measure environmental performance. We evaluate the air pollution performance levels of U.S. states for the years 1998 and 2008. ... -
Presentation and comments on EU legislation related to food industries - Environment interactions and waste management
(2006)Although environment remained for a long time at the very top of most advanced countries governments' agenda priorities, and a series of protocols like Montreal (1987), Kyoto (2002), Conference in Rio de Janeiro (1992) and ... -
Pupils' understanding of air pollution
(2007)This paper reports on a study of pupils' knowledge and understanding of atmospheric pollution. Specifically, the study is aimed at identifying: 1) the extent to which pupils conceptualise the term 'air pollution' in a ... -
The relocation of heraclion international airport. A holistic environmental approach
(2016)The accelerated development of the touristic industry and consequently the increased touristic flows towards the greater area of the city of Heraklion in the island of Crete (Greece), as well as the needs of the increased ... -
Study on particulate matter air pollution, source origin, and human health risk based of PM10 metal content in Volos City, Greece
(2017)Investigations on the fluctuation in PM10 air pollution in Volos, a medium-sized industrialized port city in the Mediterranean, are presented for the 5-year period between 2009 and 2014. The levels detected have been ... -
Understanding transboundary air pollution network: Emissions, depositions and spatio-temporal distribution of pollution in European region
(2019)The primary objective of this paper is the structural analysis of source-receptor air pollution problems in the EU region. Two views are provided for the analysis: an emission-driven view and a deposition-driven view. ... -
Waste management in Larissa prefecture, Greece
(2004)It is the objective of this study to evaluate the management of air waste, wastewater and solid waste in the prefecture of Larissa, Greece. The levels of air pollution in the prefecture are not so high. Nevertheless, ...