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Relationship between land use composition and PM10 concentrations in Iskandar Malaysia

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Air pollution has always been a concern with increasing urbanization and poor land use planning adding to the problem. This study sets out to investigate the relationship between land use composition of an area and its ambient concentration of 10-μm-or-less particulate matter (PM10). For this study, Iskandar Malaysia has been chosen as the study area. To compensate for the limited number of air quality monitoring stations in the study area, Terra MODIS aerosol optical depth Level 2 products are used to assess PM10 concentration spatially. Land use data were developed from LANDSAT images used together with the land use database from the local authority. Finally, the relationship between land use composition and concentrations of PM10 in the study area are explained using contour ternary plots. The plots show how different compositions of three major urban land uses (residential, commercial, industrial) in an area results in different concentration levels of PM10. Concentrations of PM10 are evidently more affected by commercial land use, followed by industrial land use. Hence, responsible authorities in Iskandar Malaysia could control or reduce air pollution in an area by planning a better land use composition.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the funding support for this work provided by Ministry of Education, Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) under Others Grant of Vot number R.J1300000.7301.4B145 and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under the Scheme of SATREPS Program (Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development) for the Project Development of Low Carbon Scenario for Asian Region.

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  1. Low Carbon Asia Research Centre, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Johor Baharu, Johor, Malaysia

    Muhammad Azahar Zikri Zahari, M. Rafee Majid, Chin Siong Ho, Nordin Nadhirah & Safitri Zen Irina

  2. Atmospheric and Thermal Environmental Engineering Laboratory, C-cluster, Kyoto University, Katsura Campus, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

    Gakuji Kurata

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Zahari, M.A.Z., Majid, M.R., Ho, C.S. et al. Relationship between land use composition and PM10 concentrations in Iskandar Malaysia. Clean Techn Environ Policy 18, 2429–2439 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-016-1263-3

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