Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
Project | Guimarães CVE |
Title | The influence of urban form on environmental quality within a medium-sized city |
Publication Type | Papers in International Journals |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Authors | Silva L. T., and Monteiro J. P. |
Abstract | This paper presents the relations established between urban morphology and variations in observed air quality within a city centre. A dataset from four monitoring stations in a medium-sized city was collected and clustered by the amount of traffic-generated air pollutants. For each cluster, the relationship between the configuration of the open spaces and average PM10 concentration was established. Results show the impact of urban geometry on the outdoor pollutant concentration, concluding that increasing Sky View Factor and Ratio of Open Spaces lead to a decrease in the PM10 concentration. |
Journal | Procedia Engineering |
Volume | 161 |
Pagination | 2046 – 2052 |
Date Published | 2016-10-10 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
ISSN | 1877-7058 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.801 |
URL | www.elsevier.com/locate/procedia |
Keywords | PM10, Urban air pollution, Urban Form, Urban pollution |
Citation | Ligia T.Silva and João P. Monteiro / Procedia Engineering 161 ( 2016 ) 2046 – 2052 |
Rights | restrictedAccess |
Peer reviewed | yes |
Status | published |
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt