<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Environmental air pollution is a global health concern, a complex phenomenon which is directly reflected on public health, economic and human development. Environmental air pollution has been drastically multiplied, followed by the beginning of the new Millennia in Prishtina, the capital city of the Kosovo. The new millennium began as a crucial activity for the city of Prishtina in terms of demographic, human geography, social and economic phenomena. The presented study aims to determine prevalent traffic and land morphology composition attributes, which have influenced and continue to have environmental impact in the city of Prishtina. According to the conceptual findings from the empirical observations, the heavy city traffic and the land morphology structure, determine the urban air pollution level. Prishtina is generally polluted due to its geomorphic position in relation to the power plants Kosovo A, and Kosova B. The impact of the above cited factors, is even bigger when the dominant winds prevail through valley, which encompasses the city. The findings from this paper propose the necessity of careful driven urban solutions.</p></abstract>

Environmental air pollution is a global health concern, a complex phenomenon which is directly reflected on public health, economic and human development. Environmental air pollution has been drastically multiplied, followed by the beginning of the new Millennia in Prishtina, the capital city of the Kosovo. The new millennium began as a crucial activity for the city of Prishtina in terms of demographic, human geography, social and economic phenomena. The presented study aims to determine prevalent traffic and land morphology composition attributes, which have influenced and continue to have environmental impact in the city of Prishtina. According to the conceptual findings from the empirical observations, the heavy city traffic and the land morphology structure, determine the urban air pollution level. Prishtina is generally polluted due to its geomorphic position in relation to the power plants Kosovo A, and Kosova B. The impact of the above cited factors, is even bigger when the dominant winds prevail through valley, which encompasses the city. The findings from this paper propose the necessity of careful driven urban solutions.

Environment Quality: Impact From Traffic, Power Plant and Land Morphology, a Case Study of Prishtina

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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Environmental air pollution is a global health concern, a complex phenomenon which is directly reflected on public health, economic and human development....

Environment Quality: Impact From Traffic, Power Plant and Land Morphology, a Case Study of Prishtina

Published Online: Jul 14, 2017

Page range: 65 - 74

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rtuect-2017-0006

Keywords
Environment, air pollution, architecture, urban solutions, climate

© 2017 Riga Technical University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Environment Quality: Impact From Traffic, Power Plant and Land Morphology, a Case Study of Prishtina

Published Online: Jul 14, 2017

Page range: 65 - 74

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rtuect-2017-0006

KeywordsEnvironment, air pollution, architecture, urban solutions, climate

© 2017 Riga Technical University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Environment, air pollution, architecture, urban solutions, climate