Effects of forest areas on air quality; Aras Basin and its environment

Demir M., Dindaroğlu T., YILMAZ S.

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, cilt.12, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1186/2052-336x-12-60
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Air quality, Air control, Forest land, Aras Basin, Planning, POLLUTION, MANAGEMENT
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: In the study, the Aras Basin and its environment, one of the most important hydrological basins of Turkey, was evaluated. In survey area, to determine the change of air quality, it was benefited from 23,770 pieces of hourly measured SO2 (Sulfur dioxide) and PM10 (particulate matter) concentration values for the December, January and February of 2009-2010 in which the pollution is at peak, by forming database in geographical information system (GIS), spatial analyze maps were attained. By comparing; maps showing attained numeral air quality and maps showing the spread of forest lands in the region, it was tried to determine the relation and interaction between air quality and forest lands.