Development of the analytical potential of territoriel air monitoring measuring systems

Abstract

Air monitoring makes it possible to zone the urban environment according to the degree of technogenic impact, using significant socio-ecological and economic indicators to optimize management decisions for a wide range of applied tasks of territorial strategic planning. Fuzzy expert assessment uses the representation of knowledge in the form of linguistic variables, so it is important to provide the developer of software tools with reliable characteristics of the subject area of monitoring. Based on the critical analysis of the known approaches to the ranking of the territory according to the criteria of environmental safety, a matrix method for zoning the territory of an industrial agglomeration is developed and discussed for the coordination of two indicators - «specific ecological and economic damage» and «the coefficient of localization of aerotechnogenic load from stationary sources of emissions». The indicators best reflect the complex pollution of the territory and the complex causal operational and natural links in the chain: «technology → gas purification system→ source of emissions → dispersion of substances in the surface layer of the atmosphere → formation of an active pollution zone → damage». Ignoring the role of the spatial factor reduces the diagnostic potential of existing predictive automated emission control systems. The author’s propositions are illustrated by the data on the air intensity of economic activity and the discussion of the prerequisites for the harmonization of Russian and international monitoring standards based on the principles of Directive 2004/3 5/CE11 of the European Parliament.