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Implementation of the Air Quality Monitoring Network at Agadir City in Morocco
Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco
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Laboratory of Electronics, Signal transmission and Physical Modeling, Department of Physics, Faculty Of Science, University Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco
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Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco
1 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco
2 Laboratory of Electronics, Signal transmission and Physical Modeling, Department of Physics, Faculty Of Science, University Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco
3 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco
Air pollution is a major global issue with widely known harmful effects on human health and the environment. This pollution is a very complex phenomenon given the diversity of pollutants that may be present in the atmosphere. The air quality in urban areas is of a great concern for residents living in cities and represents a current issue that requires an adequate management. So that air quality policy is driven by health concerns. In this paper, we present an overview on the experience of Agadir city to establish the air quality management policy, local authority on the whole have developed a good understanding of air quality in the area. Indeed for several years, efforts have been made to monitor the air quality in this city, this translated by air quality assessment since 2006 using mobile laboratory and fixed station. Our goals in this study were to review the operation of Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) making better use of available resources to improve its outcomes and make recommendations with a view to improving air quality issues. This work highlights the requirement to revise periodically the LAQM for generating priority for air quality issues within local authority and the need to implement the optimizing Air Quality Monitoring Network (AQMN).
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