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This article discusses the importance of air quality for the organization and functioning of health resorts. Ten different types of resorts located in various regions of Poland were compared in terms PM10 concentration. Additionally, comparative analysis of the high-PM10 episodes was performed in three urban agglomerations located near the analyzed health resorts. The article also discusses formal, legal, and economic instruments that are the basis for legislative actions as tools for managing the air quality in the selected resorts. The analysis of the average annual concentrations in 2015–2019 did not show any exceedances of the PM10 limit value for any of the health resorts studied. High PM10 concentration values in 2018 were recorded for the number of days in exceedance of the limit value, especially in the health resorts of Uniejów, Ciechocinek, and Szczawno-Zdrój. Health resorts located in the south of Poland were identified as the most at risk in terms of the occurrence of limit value exceedances, information, and alert thresholds. It was concluded that the implementation of the so called “anti-smog” resolutions, including the development of financial support for changing the heating system to eliminate coal boilers and furnaces, is absolutely necessary for air quality improvement.
Dominik Kobus; Beata Merenda; Izabela Sówka; Anna Chlebowska-Styś; Alicja Wroniszewska. Ambient Air Quality as a Condition of Effective Healthcare Therapy on the Example of Selected Polish Health Resorts. Atmosphere 2020, 11, 882 .
AMA StyleDominik Kobus, Beata Merenda, Izabela Sówka, Anna Chlebowska-Styś, Alicja Wroniszewska. Ambient Air Quality as a Condition of Effective Healthcare Therapy on the Example of Selected Polish Health Resorts. Atmosphere. 2020; 11 (8):882.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDominik Kobus; Beata Merenda; Izabela Sówka; Anna Chlebowska-Styś; Alicja Wroniszewska. 2020. "Ambient Air Quality as a Condition of Effective Healthcare Therapy on the Example of Selected Polish Health Resorts." Atmosphere 11, no. 8: 882.
The case study selected in order to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented solutions for improving air quality with the WRF-CALMET/CALPUFF modeling system as an element of decision support was the subject of this paper. Its character can be considered unique due to its geographical location, topography and the functioning PGE GiEK S.A. Turów Power Complex (ELT), and, in particular, the PGE GiEK S.A. Turów Coal Mine (KWBT). The conducted analyses have defined three scenarios of emission changes: (1) scenario related to the activities of the energy complex resulting from the minimizing measures indicated in the report on the environmental impact of the mine, (2) scenario resulting from the so-called “anti-smog” regional resolution and (3) scenario compiling the abovementioned scenarios. According to the analyses, the lowest values of the annual mean PM2.5 concentration were noted in the eastern part of the studied area and did not exceed 14 µg/m3 (56% of the permissible level). The best results in improving air quality were proven for scenario 3, i.e., a 10% reduction in concentration values over the entire analyzed area of the commune. In the case of this scenario, as the most effective and health-promoting solution, only in 25% of the area was the improvement in the residents’ health below 5%, while the reduction in the estimated number of premature deaths by over 15% was observed in nearly one third of the studied area.
Izabela Sówka; Małgorzata Paciorek; Krzysztof Skotak; Dominik Kobus; Maciej Zathey; Krzysztof Klejnowski. The Analysis of the Effectiveness of Implementing Emission Reduction Measures in Improving Air Quality and Health of the Residents of a Selected Area of the Lower Silesian Voivodship. Energies 2020, 13, 4001 .
AMA StyleIzabela Sówka, Małgorzata Paciorek, Krzysztof Skotak, Dominik Kobus, Maciej Zathey, Krzysztof Klejnowski. The Analysis of the Effectiveness of Implementing Emission Reduction Measures in Improving Air Quality and Health of the Residents of a Selected Area of the Lower Silesian Voivodship. Energies. 2020; 13 (15):4001.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIzabela Sówka; Małgorzata Paciorek; Krzysztof Skotak; Dominik Kobus; Maciej Zathey; Krzysztof Klejnowski. 2020. "The Analysis of the Effectiveness of Implementing Emission Reduction Measures in Improving Air Quality and Health of the Residents of a Selected Area of the Lower Silesian Voivodship." Energies 13, no. 15: 4001.
The article discusses the tools used for air quality management in the health resorts in Poland including legal instruments, documents and activities at the regional and local level with an example of formal and legal activities, such as the so-called anti-smog resolution to limit the emission of...
Izabela Sówka; Dominik Kobus; Krzysztof Skotak; Maciej Zathey; Beata Merenda; Małgorzata Paciorek. Assessment of the Health Risk Related to Air Pollution in Selected Polish Health Resorts. Journal of Ecological Engineering 2019, 20, 132 -145.
AMA StyleIzabela Sówka, Dominik Kobus, Krzysztof Skotak, Maciej Zathey, Beata Merenda, Małgorzata Paciorek. Assessment of the Health Risk Related to Air Pollution in Selected Polish Health Resorts. Journal of Ecological Engineering. 2019; 20 (10):132-145.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIzabela Sówka; Dominik Kobus; Krzysztof Skotak; Maciej Zathey; Beata Merenda; Małgorzata Paciorek. 2019. "Assessment of the Health Risk Related to Air Pollution in Selected Polish Health Resorts." Journal of Ecological Engineering 20, no. 10: 132-145.
The aim of this research was the analysis of air quality in selected Polish cities in 2008-2018 combined with health assessment based on the methodology and software of World Health Organization (AirQ +) as well as an analysis of main directions of activities aimed at improving air quality in Polish cities. The results of calculations and spatial analysis of exposure indicate the year 2010 as the one with the highest concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5, as well as Małopolskie and Śląskie Voivodships (agglomerations: Upper Silesia, Krakow and Rybnik-Jastrzębska) as the two most threatened by negative impact on human life and health. In a detailed analysis of the Wrocław agglomeration, for 2017, the estimated number of deaths of adults caused by short-term exposure to PM2.5 with a limiting concentration above 10 μg/m3 (in accordance with WHO guidelines on air quality) was over 130 people, and the estimated number of patients hospitalized because of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases due to the above exposure was 160 and 80 cases, respectively. The analysis showed more than 80 cases of asthma attacks in children with asthma caused by short-term exposure and three death cases in infants due to long-term exposure to PM10.
Izabela Sówka; Alicja Nych; Dominik Kobus; Yarolsav Bezyk; Maciej Zathey. Analysis of exposure of inhabitants of Polish cities to air pollution with particulate matters with application of statistical and geostatistical tools. E3S Web of Conferences 2019, 100, 00075 .
AMA StyleIzabela Sówka, Alicja Nych, Dominik Kobus, Yarolsav Bezyk, Maciej Zathey. Analysis of exposure of inhabitants of Polish cities to air pollution with particulate matters with application of statistical and geostatistical tools. E3S Web of Conferences. 2019; 100 ():00075.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIzabela Sówka; Alicja Nych; Dominik Kobus; Yarolsav Bezyk; Maciej Zathey. 2019. "Analysis of exposure of inhabitants of Polish cities to air pollution with particulate matters with application of statistical and geostatistical tools." E3S Web of Conferences 100, no. : 00075.
The analysis and comparison of the situations of episodes of high PM10 concentrations in the air in three selected Polish agglomerations: Krakow, Warsaw and Wroclaw in the years 2005-2017 with application of selected elements of information systems (IT) is provided. The role of information systems (technologies) in high pollution episodes in the considered cities is described and the results of measurements performed under the State Environmental Monitoring as well as meteorological data and the dust concentration modelling results were used for the analysis. A set of indicators and methodology was developed to compare the occurrence of episodes in the area of selected cities.
Dominik Kobus; Alicja Nych; Izabela Sówka. Analysis of PM10 high concentration episodes in Warsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw in the years 2005–2017 with application of selected elements of information systems. E3S Web of Conferences 2018, 44, 00070 .
AMA StyleDominik Kobus, Alicja Nych, Izabela Sówka. Analysis of PM10 high concentration episodes in Warsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw in the years 2005–2017 with application of selected elements of information systems. E3S Web of Conferences. 2018; 44 ():00070.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDominik Kobus; Alicja Nych; Izabela Sówka. 2018. "Analysis of PM10 high concentration episodes in Warsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw in the years 2005–2017 with application of selected elements of information systems." E3S Web of Conferences 44, no. : 00070.
Most of Europeans living in cities are exposed to concentrations of air pollutants in excess of the thresholds given in the WHO guidelines and EU legislation. Due to this fact, for the urban air quality systems, the mechanisms of proper information and warning of the inhabitants as well as legal, economic and spatial planning instruments should be improved. The analysis of Polish air quality management system and its’ selected components (exemplary measures, information-spreading methods, spatial planning instruments) in four selected Polish cities (Wroclaw, Warsaw, Poznan and Cracow) indicated the need to develop effective solutions, among others, in terms of: emission requirements for combustion of fuels of power of up to 1 MW; admission of high emission fuels on the market; legal and coordination issues at the level of implementation of the area development policy and coordination of activities covering issues within the scope of the structure of planning documents including mainly: ambient air protection programs, spatial developments plans in communes and voivodeships, low emission economy plans, plans of sustainable development of public transport, plans of providing heat, electric power and gas fuels to communes, acts of regional parliaments, introducing limitations based on the Environmental Protection Act and strategies of voivodeship.
Izabela Sówka; Dominik Kobus; Anna Chlebowska Styś; Maciej Zathey. Characteristics of selected elements of the air quality management system in urban areas in Poland. E3S Web of Conferences 2017, 22, 165 .
AMA StyleIzabela Sówka, Dominik Kobus, Anna Chlebowska Styś, Maciej Zathey. Characteristics of selected elements of the air quality management system in urban areas in Poland. E3S Web of Conferences. 2017; 22 ():165.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIzabela Sówka; Dominik Kobus; Anna Chlebowska Styś; Maciej Zathey. 2017. "Characteristics of selected elements of the air quality management system in urban areas in Poland." E3S Web of Conferences 22, no. : 165.
Particulate matter is generated in many natural and anthropogenic processes and, therefore, taking part in chemical reactions and physical processes in the atmosphere could affect human health, climate, and natural environment. The dust, after emission to the atmosphere, remains there in a floating state to form an atmospheric aerosol with different properties – depending on the morphology, the fraction, shape, surface, and chemical composition of the particles. The chemical composition of particulate matter is heterogeneous and depends on the type of emission sources and the time of residence in the atmosphere. The contribution of individual types of sources in the total dust emission is different in European countries. The aim of the study was to analyze the concentrations of PM10 at urban background and traffic stations in the chosen 17 European cities. For this purpose, the data from the database of the European Environment Agency and Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection was used. The annual average concentrations of 10 and daily average concentrations of PM10 in 2014 will be presented to confirm that in the European cities there is a problem about high 10 concentrations, especially in Poland and other eastern countries. In the case of daily average 10 concentration, the highest concentrations of pollutants in the winter season suggests that for the low air quality in these cities the phenomenon of so- called low-stack-emissions from the municipal sector is responsible.
Anna Chlebowska-Styś; Dominik Kobus; Łukasz Pachurka; Izabela Sówka. Analysis of concentrations trends and origins of PM 10 in selected European cities. E3S Web of Conferences 2017, 17, 13 .
AMA StyleAnna Chlebowska-Styś, Dominik Kobus, Łukasz Pachurka, Izabela Sówka. Analysis of concentrations trends and origins of PM 10 in selected European cities. E3S Web of Conferences. 2017; 17 ():13.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnna Chlebowska-Styś; Dominik Kobus; Łukasz Pachurka; Izabela Sówka. 2017. "Analysis of concentrations trends and origins of PM 10 in selected European cities." E3S Web of Conferences 17, no. : 13.
This paper analyses social constraints influencing air quality governance in four European Union (EU) countries. The comparative analysis carried out here is the outcome of the EU FP7 SEFIRA project. Starting from study of implemented measures the paper marks out the structure of double-delegation in policy-making for air quality governance; that is to say the delegation from the EU to national governments who further delegate to regional and local authorities the burden to put in place concrete measures. Therefore, our analysis has followed a multi-level approach considering all the territorial level down to the urban scale. In doing so, we found out commonalities in the strategies which have been followed by policy-makers. The comparison has been made possible through the analysis of operationalised categories such as Domain, Objectives and Modalities on air quality plans. The analysis went further: through interviews with selected key stakeholder the social constraints which may limit the choices made by institutions have been investigated. The -lack of- success in attaining EU requirements for the air quality cannot be considered only as the outcome of the −lack of- awareness of which may be the best practices or choices, rather as the result of complex entanglements of social forces. Indeed, one of the main outcomes of this explorative investigation has been the breakdown of such complexity into its social component in a comparative study. The paper finally points out the need to promote an integrated approach for air quality policy as a strategy for the design of new measures for the future.
Paolo Giardullo; Vittorio Sergi; Wim Carton; Anneleen Kenis; Chris Kesteloot; Yuri Albert Kyrill Kazepov; Dominik Kobus; Michela Maione; Krzysztof Skotak; Sandro Fuzzi; Francesca Pollini. Air quality from a social perspective in four European metropolitan areas: Research hypothesis and evidence from the SEFIRA project. Environmental Science & Policy 2016, 65, 58 -64.
AMA StylePaolo Giardullo, Vittorio Sergi, Wim Carton, Anneleen Kenis, Chris Kesteloot, Yuri Albert Kyrill Kazepov, Dominik Kobus, Michela Maione, Krzysztof Skotak, Sandro Fuzzi, Francesca Pollini. Air quality from a social perspective in four European metropolitan areas: Research hypothesis and evidence from the SEFIRA project. Environmental Science & Policy. 2016; 65 ():58-64.
Chicago/Turabian StylePaolo Giardullo; Vittorio Sergi; Wim Carton; Anneleen Kenis; Chris Kesteloot; Yuri Albert Kyrill Kazepov; Dominik Kobus; Michela Maione; Krzysztof Skotak; Sandro Fuzzi; Francesca Pollini. 2016. "Air quality from a social perspective in four European metropolitan areas: Research hypothesis and evidence from the SEFIRA project." Environmental Science & Policy 65, no. : 58-64.
Dominik Kobus. Study on spatial representativeness of ambient air quality monitoring stations Problematyka reprezentatywności przestrzennej stanowisk pomiarowych monitoringu powietrza atmosferycznego. PRZEMYSŁ CHEMICZNY 2016, 1, 132 -136.
AMA StyleDominik Kobus. Study on spatial representativeness of ambient air quality monitoring stations Problematyka reprezentatywności przestrzennej stanowisk pomiarowych monitoringu powietrza atmosferycznego. PRZEMYSŁ CHEMICZNY. 2016; 1 (3):132-136.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDominik Kobus. 2016. "Study on spatial representativeness of ambient air quality monitoring stations Problematyka reprezentatywności przestrzennej stanowisk pomiarowych monitoringu powietrza atmosferycznego." PRZEMYSŁ CHEMICZNY 1, no. 3: 132-136.
Dominik Kobus. Nowe trendy w monitoringu jakości powietrza. PRZEMYSŁ CHEMICZNY 2016, 1, 294 -297.
AMA StyleDominik Kobus. Nowe trendy w monitoringu jakości powietrza. PRZEMYSŁ CHEMICZNY. 2016; 1 (3):294-297.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDominik Kobus. 2016. "Nowe trendy w monitoringu jakości powietrza." PRZEMYSŁ CHEMICZNY 1, no. 3: 294-297.