Title: Some air pollution indicators in city of Tirana, Albania

Authors: Hysen Mankolli, Mirela Lika, Sukru Dursun

Addresses: Department of Agro-Environment and Ecology, Agricultural University of Tirana, Kamez, Tirana 355, Albania. ' Faculty of Natural Science, Department of Biology, University of Tirana, 355, Albania. ' Engineering Faculty, Environmental Engineering Department, Selcuk University, 42003 Konya, Turkiye

Abstract: The problematic of the stable development is very wide. Recognition of ecological aspects of stable development composes a guarantee of health in ecosystems and especially for the community. The monitoring of the air that is carried out in Tirana shows that the most important polluters continue to be the total dust LGS and respiratory dust PM 10. The average quantity of lead in the monitored air drops has been increased from 0.19 μgm⁻³ to 0.29 μgm⁻³, i.e., an amount of 50 Pb that is constantly increasing in the content of urban air almost in all monitored places of the country. Many sources of air pollution have always existed.

Keywords: atmospheric pollution; gas; air pollution indicators; health hazards; Tirana; Albania; air quality; pollution monitoring.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2011.038367

International Journal of Global Warming, 2011 Vol.3 No.1/2, pp.30 - 38

Published online: 29 Jan 2015 *

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