The increase in the population of the world brings the significant
challenges of protection our environment and atmosphere from being polluted. As
the economic growth and urban development of any city depends on transportation
it’s necessary to understand their negative impacts and their changing rates as
well in order to optimize our traffic network planning. This study aims to
investigate the air pollutants including NOX, PM and CO caused by
motor vehicles in Konya province. The annual average daily traffic of the motor
vehicles on Turkish state highways inside Konya borders considering their types
and fuel were used for calculation the annual emission rates of the pollutants
between 2010 and 2017. The emission
values of each year comparatively evaluated and the effects of personal cars in
total were identified. As a result, we found that the total taken pathways
length increased by 67.8 % in 2017 according to 2010. Therefore, the increase
in the amount of NOX, CO and PM found as 18.2 %, 66.7% and 32.1%
respectively in 2017 according to 2010. Lastly the length of the pathways
traveled by personal cars was made %64.18 of the total in 2010 and increases to
68.14% in 2017. We understood from study that most significant vehicles with
respect to the contribution in air pollutions are ranked as personal cars and
then motor vehicles using diesel fuels. While the vehicles using LPG has a
lower effect.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Engineering |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | September 30, 2019 |
Acceptance Date | September 3, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 14 Issue: 3 |
“Journal of International Environmental Application and Science”