The intensification of the human activity in urban areas as a result of the increasing
population has contributed to the air pollution worsening in cities. To reverse this trend, the …

Each summer period, ozone concentrations surpass the legislation limits in the north of
Portugal, more precisely at the Douro Norte monitoring station. To solve/mitigate this air …

The use of modelling tools to support decision-makers to plan air quality policies is now
quite widespread in Europe. In this paper, the Regional Integrated Assessment Tool …

Abstract Air pollution Integrated Assessment Models (IAM) can be used for determining how
emissions should be reduced to improve air quality and to protect human health in a cost …

Usually, annual emission data from residential combustion sector are spatially
disaggregated by population density to the sub-municipality spatial level. The aim of the …

Recently, specific air quality problems have been detected in the northern region of
Portugal. The nitrogen oxide (NO 2) annual limit value has been surpassed at several air …

To evaluate in practice how IAM can be used to formulate and improve current air quality
plans, this chapter reports on the application of one of the existing IAM tools, to two test …

São devidos agradecimentos à FCT/MCTES pelo apoio financeiro ao CESAM
(UID/AMB/50017/2019) através de fundos nacionais e cofinanciamento FEDER, dentro do …

A poluição atmosférica é atualmente um sério problema mundial de saúde pública,
especialmente em áreas urbanas, devido à elevada densidade populacional e intensa …

Atualmente a poluição atmosférica representa uma das principais causas ambientais de
mortalidade. Ela é ainda responsável pela redução da esperança média de vida, redução …