TITLE:
Assessment of the Contribution of Road Traffic to Greenhouse Emissions: A Case of an Algerian City
AUTHORS:
Aouragh Leila, Bourmada Noureddine
KEYWORDS:
Air Pollution, Road Transport, Greenhouse Gas, Emission Factors, Impact
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.5 No.13,
October
30,
2014
ABSTRACT: Rapid urbanisation brings about increase in air
pollution. These emissions are generally linked to the production of energy, to
industrial activities and to transport in the densely inhabited areas.
Estimating the pollutants quantities released in the air is an important stage
in the evaluation of air quality. However, the problem of air pollution in
urban areas is a problem in all Algerian cities. Similar to all Algerian big
cities, the city of Batna has become a major urban area with an ever increasing
fleet of motor vehicles most of which are practically old ones. This state of
affairs increases the demand in fuel consumption and undeniably intensifies
polluting emissions. As the situation goes, it has become the utmost urgency to
wonder about a possible support that may be given to this sector in order to
evaluate how air quality is managed in a durable way. The main objective of
this study is to assess the quantity of CO2 pollutant known as the
most significant greenhouse gas emission from traffic. The approach used is
mainly based on a number of assumptions, which allows us to find the amount of 192
g/km/day CO2 released into the urban atmosphere of the city of
Batna.