Open AccessAir quality in the municipality of Loznica: The characteristics of the main air polluters
Author(s) -
Danijela Obradović,
Dragana Filipović
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
glasnik srpskog geografskog društva
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-078X
pISSN - 0350-3593
DOI - 10.2298/gsgd0702211o
Subject(s) - air quality index , air pollution , environmental science , environmental planning , environmental quality , pollution , population , pollutant , quality (philosophy) , environmental engineering , environmental resource management , environmental protection , geography , meteorology , environmental health , ecology , medicine , philosophy , epistemology , biology
Researches of existing environmental state represent the basis of the researches for the needs of planning new activities or increasing existing activities in space, but also the basis for population’s health research and protection and maintains of areas with important natural and cultural-historic values. Investigations of air pollution and air quality fall into group of basic activities during describing and evaluating the total environmental state in certain area. This paper identifies the main sources of air pollution in the municipality of Loznica and, according to results of measured values of air pollutants (emission and imission values), concludes about air quality. It also proposes in the end mitigation measures for improvement of the air quality, and therefore of entire environment