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Impacts of low emission zones in Germany on air pollution levels

Author(s) -

Wei Jiang,

Manfred Boltze,

Stefan Groer,

Dirk Scheuvens

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

transportation research procedia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.657

H-Index - 40

eISSN - 2352-1465

pISSN - 2352-1457

DOI - 10.1016/j.trpro.2017.05.217

Subject(s) - environmental science , pollutant , air pollution , air pollutants , air quality index , nox , environmental engineering , human health , pollution , environmental protection , environmental health , geography , meteorology , medicine , chemistry , ecology , organic chemistry , biology , combustion

Since 2008 low emission zones (LEZ) have been introduced in many German cities to improve air quality and to protect human health. In order to assess the effectiveness of LEZ, both descriptive and statistical analyses have been conducted based on concentrations of air pollutants (PM10, PM2.5, NO, NO2, and NOx) from relevant monitoring stations in Germany from year 2002 to 2012. The results indicate that the introduction of LEZ has brought positive effects on reducing air pollutant concentrations. But the potential of further reduction by additional LEZ in Germany without further development of this measure seems to be small.

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