PERIODIC MONITORING OF URBAN OZONE FOR RISK MAPPING IN AND AROUND METROPOLITAN LAHORE

Abstract

The sustainable urban growth could only be shaped by making people live and work environmentally healthful. The reorientations of technology and risk management are essential tools in sustainable development. The prevailing traffic flow and other urban activities have alarming negative effects on the urban landscapes. They have an acute impact on the residential areas as well as on other land uses like educational institutions, parks, sub-urban areas, etc. The monitoring of O3 as pollutant and its spatial pattern is important to comprehend and forecast environmental pollution in and around the metropolitan areas of Lahore. In this context the study would contribute towards making future policy of the urbanization and planning in relation to the air pollution impacts in the city. The scope of this study is limited to the metropolitan area of Lahore (LDA). The main objective of this was to
understand the impacts of urbanization and human induced activities on the air quality of Lahore Metropolitan area by providing sample evidences on various aspects of environmental degradation through the use of geo-spatial technologies. The focus of this study was to monitor, map and calculate  the environmental concern of the urban functions on other urban activities. In addition, it would identify major risk areas of O3 in Lahore through cartographic assessment. The identification of risk areas and their spatial pattern would provide the baseline information to the decision-makers which would help to curb down this menace and  will save lives and property through improved environmental techniques