Spatial aspects of urban ventilation management and air quality monitoring: integrated assessment method. Case studies in Gdańsk, Poznań and Warsaw.

The process of city planning in which air quality management and monitoring is taken into account requires a holistic approach as well as a set of novel research tools. To this end, a new integrated assessment method is developed which is aimed at determining Urban Ventilation Zones (UVZ) within the city area, based on the parameters of urban structure, and evaluating the representativeness of the existing air quality monitoring systems, especially in terms of the potential impact of the buildings and street configuration on the measurements conducted by particular reference stations. Firstly, a geographic information system (GIS) study will be performed at the city scale in order to delimit the UVZ and to provide background for a local scale study by defining main problem areas. Then the representativeness of the air quality monitoring stations will be evaluated based on a tentative computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study. In this study, 3D parametric models of the areas adjacent to the stations will be used, which will be developed by means of GIS-based tools. In order to validate the developed research method, three case studies will be performed: in Gdańsk, Poznań and Warsaw. The proposed integrated assessment method will add to the development of the current body of knowledge in the field of urban planning, spatial management and environmental engineering with respect to air quality in urban areas. The results obtained using this method will contribute to the current understanding of the process of urban ventilation management. It will also allow to evaluate the effectiveness of the existing air quality monitoring systems in the study areas. The realisation of the project will also provide new research equipment for Gdańsk University of Technology.

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Project's acronym:: Brak
Financial Program Name:: PRELUDIUM
Organization:: Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN) (National Science Centre)
Agreement:: UMO-2019/33/N/HS4/00978 z dnia 2020-02-05
Realisation period:: 2020-02-05 - 2023-02-04
Project manager:: dr inż. arch. Joanna Badach
Realised in:: Department of Urban Architecture and Waterscapes
Project's value:: 128 378.00 PLN
Request type:: National Research Programmes
Domestic:: Domestic project
Verified by:: Gdańsk University of Technology

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Year 2023

Integrating modelling, simulation and data management tools to create a planning support system for the improvement of air quality by urban planning solutions
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- J. Badach
- Year 2023
The urbanization pressure requires urban planners, designers, and policy makers to be more responsive to the challenges related to improving the quality of the urban environment and the living conditions of the inhabitants. One of the many environmental issues that need to be taken into account is urban air pollution. As the process of urban ventilation and air pollution dis-persion is significantly affected by the urban layout,...

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Spatial aspects of urban air quality management: Estimating the impact of micro-scale urban form on pollution dispersion
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- COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS - Year 2023
Urban planning and design solutions affect urban ventilation conditions, thus mitigating the effects of atmospheric pollution. However, these findings are not being implemented in the planning practice to a sufficient extent, partly due to the lack of specific guidelines. Moreover, many urban air quality monitoring (AQM) sites have low represnentativeness and thus do not provide comprehensive data for effective urban air pollution control...

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Year 2022

Developing the Urban Blue-Green Infrastructure as a Tool for Urban Air Quality Management
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- J. Badach
- J. Szczepański
- W. Bonenberg
- J. Gębicki
- L. Nyka
- Sustainability - Year 2022
Urban structure is an important factor that shapes the process of urban ventilation and pollution dispersion. With proper planning of the urban spatial layout, city breathability can be effectively regulated, contributing to urban air quality improvement. This paper investigates the development and current management of urban systems of green and open spaces in four Polish cities: Gda ´nsk, Warsaw, Pozna ´n and Wrocław, with a...

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