Living environment quality determinants, including PM2.5 and PM10 dust pollution in the context of spatial issues – the case of Radzionków
Authors:
- Rafał Blazy
Abstract
This chapter discusses living environment determinants in Central and Eastern Europe. It is based on a case study of the city of Radzionków, which has 16 thousand inhabitants and is located in the Silesian agglomeration in southern Poland. Hard coal has been mined in this area for almost two hundred years, and it is the main fuel used for central heating. A total of 360 buildings, divided into groups of 60 buildings each, were investigated in the selected city. Three distinct areas were distinguished in terms of living environment quality, depending on building technical condition, heating method and location. These qualities were found to be largely determined by site-specific spatial and geophysical conditions. A significant portion of the literature was found to ignore the spatial factors mentioned in this paper, instead focusing primarily on statistical data concerning pollution. This study examines site-specific variables and presents differences in air pollution levels as examined in relation to the morphological structure of development, the degree of building modernisation and heating system types.
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- CUT11297497636c4a05bfb2a167c1d7c5d8
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- Publication categories
- ; ;
- Author
- Pages
- 35-51
- Other elements of collation
- il. kolor.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 48-51; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 63; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.
- Substantive notes
- Przedruk artykułów z zeszytu specjalnego czasopisma Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309)
- Book
- Kapliński Oleg, Oleg Kapliński Bonenberg Wojciech Wojciech Bonenberg (eds.): Architecture and engineering : the challenges—trends—achievements, 2020, Basel [etc.], MDPI, ISBN 978-3-03943-750-4 (PDF)
- Keywords in English
- living environment quality, spatial location conditions, air pollution, urban ventilation, EU subsidies targeting environmental quality improvement
- DOI
- DOI:10.3390/buildings10030058 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/3233 Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
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- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUT11297497636c4a05bfb2a167c1d7c5d8/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUT11297497636c4a05bfb2a167c1d7c5d8
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