Autori: Apascaritei, M; Popescu, Francisc; Ionel, I

Editorial: N. Robu, WORLD SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING ACAD AND SOC, SSE '09: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 11TH WSEAS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABILITY IN SCIENCE ENGINEERING, 2009.

Rezumat:

Interest in the urban challenges raised by the growing debates on sustainable development and global environmental change has increased very rapidly in recent years. The paper presents
the air pollution level in two areas: urban and rural. The monitoring was made in the urban area Bucharest, more exactly a residential area Pipera between 05.05 – 07.05.2008 and in a rural area,
Surlari Geomagnetic Observatory between 07.05 – 09.05.2008. We analyzed the results of CO, O-3, SO2, NO, NO2 and non-methane hydrocarbons concentrations measured. Wind velocity and air
temperature were measured by a small weather station. Naturally we observed that the concentrations in the rural area were very different from those in the urban area, smaller

Cuvinte cheie: air pollution; air quality; sustainability; urban and rural areas