DocumentCode
3341995
Title
Notice of Retraction
Air Quality Assessment and Management Review: Case of Cotonou City (Republic of Benin)
Author
Adohinzin, J.B.N. ; Ling Xu ; Fenglin Yang
Author_Institution
Sch. of Environ. Sci. & Technol., Dalian Univ. of Technol., Dalian, China
fYear
2011
fDate
10-12 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
A common way to assess and manage environmental problems is the so-called Driving forces-Pressure-State-Impact Response (DPSIR). This study sets up the problem of air pollution through the use of DPSIR model to give an overview of the situation of Cotonou (economic capital of Republic of Benin). The result showed that, population growth, urbanization, industrialization and motorization with high demand of individual mobility are the key driving forces which influence the emission of air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon oxide (CO) and ozone (O3). The impact of these pollutants is directly or indirectly related to effects on human health, the environment and the economy of the country. This study reviews also the measures taken by central and local governments, as a response to air pollution to protect citizens again air pollution in Benin. The study ends with recommendations to help solving the problem of air pollution in Cotonou.
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
A common way to assess and manage environmental problems is the so-called Driving forces-Pressure-State-Impact Response (DPSIR). This study sets up the problem of air pollution through the use of DPSIR model to give an overview of the situation of Cotonou (economic capital of Republic of Benin). The result showed that, population growth, urbanization, industrialization and motorization with high demand of individual mobility are the key driving forces which influence the emission of air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon oxide (CO) and ozone (O3). The impact of these pollutants is directly or indirectly related to effects on human health, the environment and the economy of the country. This study reviews also the measures taken by central and local governments, as a response to air pollution to protect citizens again air pollution in Benin. The study ends with recommendations to help solving the problem of air pollution in Cotonou.
Keywords
air pollution; atmospheric composition; environmental management; ozone; CO; Cotonou city; NO2; O3; Republic of Benin; SO2; air pollutants; air pollution; air quality assessment; air quality management; driving forces-pressure-state-impact-response model; economy effects; environment effects; human health effects; industrialization; motorization; particulate matter; pollutants Impact; population growth; urbanization; Air pollution; Atmospheric measurements; Cities and towns; Petroleum; Pollution measurement; Vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, (iCBBE) 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Wuhan
ISSN
2151-7614
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5088-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/icbbe.2011.5781323
Filename
5781323
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