Understanding Air Pollution Risk Patterns in Ankara: Influence of Human and Meteorological Factors
Abstract
In order to determine the air pollution risk in Ankara city centre, a series of analyses including quantitative measurements of anthropogenic and meteorological parameters were carried out. After the quantitative results were normalised, relevant categorical values were assigned to each parameter. These parameters were overlaid with the overlapping technique by considering their weight scores. According to the research findings, almost all of Çankaya, the south of Yenimahalle and the east of Etimesgut were found to have "Very High (5)" and "High (4)" levels of air pollution, respectively. The results show that 19.78% of the total study area has "very high", 28.92% "high", 30.33% "medium", 16.68% "low" and 4.29% "very low" air pollution risk levels. In future studies, different parameters with different weights can be added to the method based on other environmental factors and requirements in the research area.
Keywords
Air quality , human effects , urban planning , geographic information systems
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