Characteristics of selected elements of the air quality management system in urban areas in Poland

Most of Europeans living in cities are exposed to concentrations of air pollutants in excess of the thresholds given in the WHO guidelines and EU legislation. Due to this fact, for the urban air quality systems, the mechanisms of proper information and warning of the inhabitants as well as legal, ec...

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Main Authors: Sówka, Izabela, Kobus, Dominik, Chlebowska Styś, Anna, Zathey, Maciej
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
Air quality
Development policy
Economic analysis
Electric power
Emission
Emissions
Environmental protection
Fuels
Information dissemination
Legislation
Measurement methods
Planning
Pollutants
Public transportation
Quality management
Sustainable development
Urban areas
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Summary:Most of Europeans living in cities are exposed to concentrations of air pollutants in excess of the thresholds given in the WHO guidelines and EU legislation. Due to this fact, for the urban air quality systems, the mechanisms of proper information and warning of the inhabitants as well as legal, economic and spatial planning instruments should be improved. The analysis of Polish air quality management system and its’ selected components (exemplary measures, information-spreading methods, spatial planning instruments) in four selected Polish cities (Wroclaw, Warsaw, Poznan and Cracow) indicated the need to develop effective solutions, among others, in terms of: emission requirements for combustion of fuels of power of up to 1 MW; admission of high emission fuels on the market; legal and coordination issues at the level of implementation of the area development policy and coordination of activities covering issues within the scope of the structure of planning documents including mainly: ambient air protection programs, spatial developments plans in communes and voivodeships, low emission economy plans, plans of sustainable development of public transport, plans of providing heat, electric power and gas fuels to communes, acts of regional parliaments, introducing limitations based on the Environmental Protection Act and strategies of voivodeship.
ISSN:2267-1242
2555-0403
2267-1242
DOI:10.1051/e3sconf/20172200165