ASSESSING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN URBAN AIR POLLUTION AND LAND USE ON THE SUSTAINABILITY OF TABRIZ CITY

Abstract

The urban environment spatially air quality represents one of the most important sources to global climate change, while at the same time holding the key to a more sustainable way of living. Given the rapid growth of the function and forms of cities, meeting the requirements of population changes aspects within the context of variable risks overshadowed by environmental challenges (e.g., climate change and air pollution) highly comes to the fore. In this regard, this study aims to investigate the interactions between urban sustainability coupled with urban pollution in order to deals with an integrated approach adopted to improve the air quality of the city of Tabriz at northwest Iran. In this way, six pollution assessment stations within the study area have been examined by using the geographic information system (GIS) to measure the level of pollution in the city. Overall, results of the study revealed the point that pollution level experienced an increasing trend and the weather is being polluted not merely based on emissions from cars in downtowns at the main streets but also based on the nearby industrial places results in a high concentration of nitrogen oxides (NOx) gas very high at areas with high road traffic while that of sulfur oxides (SOx) varied differently. The results show that there are higher CO emissions around downtown areas of the city of Tabriz. It should be mentioned that industrial land use is overshadowed by the circle of carbon and changing our climate. With low-carbon technologies, Land use distribution balance, implementation of polycentric urban form, mixed land use in city centers, Transformation of heavy industrial units out of city exclusion, and energy-efficiency improvement, Tabriz can achieve environmental sustainability and wellbeing for citizens.