URBAN AIR QUALITY. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAJOR EUROPEAN CAPITALS

Cristina Alpopi () and Sofia Colesca ()
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Cristina Alpopi: Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, 2010, vol. 5, issue 6(15), 92-107

Abstract: In this article, the authors made a comparative analysis of air quality in several European capitals, with the goal to identify the place occupied by Bucharest among the most polluted cities in the European Union. For this analysis we used data reported by various member states, as well as data provided by the Romanian National Network of Air Quality. The comparative analysis presents the last years evolution for the concentration of the most important substances involved in the atmospheric pollution process, emphasizing the place occupied by Bucharest city according to the quality index value of the cities.

Keywords: air quality; European capitals; comparative analysis; pollution; urban environment. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O18 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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