Harbours are important hubs for economic growth in both tourism and commercial activities. They are also an environmental burden being a source of atmospheric pollution often localized near cities and industrial complexes. This is particularly true considering that, at global level, landbased emissions of airborne pollutants are decreasing, but ship emissions are increasing leading to potential negative effects on health and climate and social welfare [1]. The aim of the POSEIDON project (POllution monitoring of Ship Emission: an IntegrateD approach fOr harbor of the Adriatic basiN) is to quantify the relative contribution of maritime traffic and harbor activities to atmospheric pollutants concentration in four port-cities of the Adriatic Sea (Brindisi, Venice, Patras and Rijeka). This study focuses on the port-city of Venice. The ship traffic impact was quantified on various pollutants: i) gaseous and particulate PAHs; ii) metals iii) PM10 and PM2,5. PAHs were collected in summer 2009 and 2012 using a double sampling method, in order to compare pollutants concentration in dependence of the wind sector where they are coming from [2]. The contribution of ship traffic to metals was evaluated elaborating data collected in a longer period (from 2007 to 2013) using the positive matrix factorization method. In the end the effect of ship traffic to PM10 and PM2,5 was calculated applying the equation introduced by Agrawal [3] to the same data. All contributions were correlated with the tonnage of ships during the sampling periods and results were used to evaluate the impact of the European Directive 2005/33/EC on air quality in Venice. [1] EEA Technical report N. 4/2013. [2] A. Donateo, E. Gregoris, A. Gambaro, E. Merico, R. Giua, A. Nocioni, D. Contini, Environ Sci Pollut Res 21 (2014) 9415-9429. [3] H. Agrawal, R. Eden, X. Zhang, P. M. Fine, A. Katzenstein, J. W. Miller, J. Ospital, S. Teffera, D. R. Cocker, Environ Sci Technol 43 (2009) 5398-5402.
The impact of ship traffic and harbour activities on air quality: the case of Venice
Elena Gregoris;Elena Barbaro;Andrea Gambaro;Daniele Contini
2015
Abstract
Harbours are important hubs for economic growth in both tourism and commercial activities. They are also an environmental burden being a source of atmospheric pollution often localized near cities and industrial complexes. This is particularly true considering that, at global level, landbased emissions of airborne pollutants are decreasing, but ship emissions are increasing leading to potential negative effects on health and climate and social welfare [1]. The aim of the POSEIDON project (POllution monitoring of Ship Emission: an IntegrateD approach fOr harbor of the Adriatic basiN) is to quantify the relative contribution of maritime traffic and harbor activities to atmospheric pollutants concentration in four port-cities of the Adriatic Sea (Brindisi, Venice, Patras and Rijeka). This study focuses on the port-city of Venice. The ship traffic impact was quantified on various pollutants: i) gaseous and particulate PAHs; ii) metals iii) PM10 and PM2,5. PAHs were collected in summer 2009 and 2012 using a double sampling method, in order to compare pollutants concentration in dependence of the wind sector where they are coming from [2]. The contribution of ship traffic to metals was evaluated elaborating data collected in a longer period (from 2007 to 2013) using the positive matrix factorization method. In the end the effect of ship traffic to PM10 and PM2,5 was calculated applying the equation introduced by Agrawal [3] to the same data. All contributions were correlated with the tonnage of ships during the sampling periods and results were used to evaluate the impact of the European Directive 2005/33/EC on air quality in Venice. [1] EEA Technical report N. 4/2013. [2] A. Donateo, E. Gregoris, A. Gambaro, E. Merico, R. Giua, A. Nocioni, D. Contini, Environ Sci Pollut Res 21 (2014) 9415-9429. [3] H. Agrawal, R. Eden, X. Zhang, P. M. Fine, A. Katzenstein, J. W. Miller, J. Ospital, S. Teffera, D. R. Cocker, Environ Sci Technol 43 (2009) 5398-5402.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
