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A comparative analysis of the causes of air pollution in three cities of the Danube region

The Danube region includes one of the air pollution “hot spots” in Europe. Supporting the development of a strategy to achieve the standards laid down in the EU legislation requires appropriate diagnosis with the most suitable tools. The Danube Air Nexus (DAN) is among the flagship projects of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR). It aims at protecting human health, ecosystems and climate from the impacts of atmospheric pollution. The present study was carried by the EC-JRC in collaboration with local research institutions: the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), the Centre for Energy Research (Hungarian Academy of Sciences), and the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health (Croatia). Also N.C.S.R. Demokritos (Greece) contributed to the study. A set of pilot urban areas, representing different situations within the region, waschosen as case study. The detailed analysis of the causes of pollution in the three studied cities (Zagreb, Budapest and Sofia) was then used to propose measures to be implemented in the air quality plans that local, regional and national authorities are requested to put in place to face the exceedances of limit values (Directives 2008/50/EC and 2004/107/EC) and to comply with the national emission ceilings (NEC) obligations (Directive 2001/81/EC). The approach adopted in this demonstrative study is suitable to be applied at the local level by regional authorities and could, therefore, be extended to other cities in this and other macro regions.

Zagreb ; Budapest ; Sophia ; PM2.5 ; HYSPLIT

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