Air pollution abatement in Praque city

Air quality is a major concern in highly populated EU urban areas. European Commission adopted a series of directives to improve air quality. At local, regional, national levels efforts to reduce adverse impacts of poor air quality on human health are taken. Air quality management strategies are discussed and the measures proposed to improve air quality in Prague are compared. As road traffic is a major source for air pollution in EU cities, a Decision Support System (DSS) developed in the framework of the HEAVEN project aims to evaluate the environmental effects of near real-time traffic flows and Transport Demand Management Strategies (TDMS) in large urban areas. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006.