Effect of Energy Consumptuon on Air Pollution in I.R.Iran

  • Ayati, B. (Environmental Eng. Div., Dept. of Civil Eng., Tarbiat Modarres Univ.) ;
  • Ganjidoust, H. (Environmental Eng. Div., Dept. of Civil Eng., Tarbiat Modarres Univ)
  • Published : 2003.11.01

Abstract

The economy of I.R.Iran is so related to oil that has had many environmental problems especially air pollution in urban areas in recent years. Statistics show that most of the time, the condition of air quality is in crisis level especially during fall and winter seasons. Rapid and high population growth has had large amount of fossil fuels consumption in all sectors including transportation, industry, agriculture, residential and commercial and public services and air pollution and healthy problems. Iran's abundance of fossil fuel resources has tended to discourage the country's incentive to shift to cleaner alternative energy sources for its energy needs that must be considered in future programming. These are discussed in this paper.

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