Traffic in the City of Skopje and its impact on air pollution

Dodovski, Marjan and Temjanovski, Riste (2020) Traffic in the City of Skopje and its impact on air pollution. Journal of Economics, 5 (1). pp. 47-56. ISSN 1857-9973

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Abstract

Today the world is living in a dynamic process of industrialization and urbanization and when we add the strong pressure of the increase of human population to these processes, we can realistically speak of distorted conditions in the sustainable development, accompanied by the extremely strong impact on climate changes.
This pressure is most noticeable in large cities, which at the same time represent major industrial, economic and social centers. Skopje, as the capital city of Macedonia, belongs to the group of cities characterized by these processes.
Traffic is the main artery for communicating and organizing life in the city. Car transport and public bus transport are the main carriers of traffic, complemented with the participation of truck transport in the fields of construction, transport of goods, customs warehouses, etc.
All of this contributes towards traffic having a strong environmental impact, especially on air quality, and Skopje is regularly among the most polluted cities in the world. The number of cars involved in traffic, their year of production and the type of engine they use, fuel quality and road infrastructure only complete the picture of the real impact of traffic on the quality of life, and especially on air pollution.
This situation also affects the social, health and economic conditions in the city.
Keywords: traffic, air pollution, transport, Skopje, sustainable development.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Economics and business
Divisions:	Faculty of Economics
Depositing User:	Prof.d-r Riste Temjanovski
Date Deposited:	02 Mar 2020 08:14
Last Modified:	02 Mar 2020 08:14
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/23882

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