although water and land pollution are very dangerous, air pollution has its own peculiarities due to its transboundary dispersion of pollutants over the entire world. in any well planned urban set up, industrial pollution takes a back seat and vehicular emissions take precedence as the major cause of urban air pollution. in the present study, air pollution tolerance index was calculated for var...

Driverless vehicles will be common on the road in a short time. They will have many impacts on the global transport market trends. One of the remarkable driverless vehicles impacts will be the laying aside of rail systems, because of several reasons, that is to say traffic congestions will be no more a justification for rail, rail will not be the best answer for disableds, air pollution of cars...

Incompatibilities between urban transport and land use are rapidly growing in developing countries. Due to this mismatch, vehicle ownership is increasing dreadfully causing urban areas for various problems including congestion and air pollution. This study attempts to investigate the household travel behaviour on vehicle ownership, mode choice and trip sharing aspects by developing a nested log...

Why are the east sides of formerly industrial cities often more deprived? Using individual-level census data together with newly created historical pollution patterns derived from locations 5,000 chimneys and an atmospheric model, we show that this results persistence neighborhood sorting ?rst emerged during Industrial Revolution when prevailing winds blew eastwards. Past explains up to 20% obs...

This vision of the future is motivated by the increasing traffic congestion around our densely populated metropolitan areas. There is no need here to reference the numerous studies on traffic safety and pollution carried out by governmental agencies over the years or to bring forward accident, carbon dioxide, and driver-stress figures. Everyone that has been in a large city in rush hour has mos...

In urban areas, emissions of air pollutants by anthropogenic processes such as traffic, industry, power plants and domestic heating systems are the main sources of pollution (Fenger, 1999). The massive growth in road traffic and in the use of fossil fuels during the last decades has changed the composition of urban air, increasing the frequency of pollution episodes and the number of cities exp...

Economic development and urbanization poses myriad challenges to transportation systems in relation to negative externalities such as traffic congestion and environmental health risks. Accra, the capital of Ghana, faces mounting urban planning problems, for example traffic congestion, air pollution, traffic safety, and land use planning, among others. The paper aims to provide a system dynamics...

This paper aims to highlight the air pollution aspect in Calarasi county. To this end, we have identified key air pollutants from industry, road transport and agriculture during the past three years and registered at two automatic stations existing in the county at present. The air quality in Calarasi county is within the limits imposed by law. For reducing the existing pollution, measures must...