Injecting Residential Industrial Neighbourhoods and Plotting Built-Up Areas Exposed to Industrial Air Pollutants in the Arab Republic of Egypt

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop a strategy for predicting the highest quality areas, in terms of their non-exposure to industrial air emissions. This is achieved through listing the built-up areas next to the industrial zones concerned. Illustrating the parameters of air pollution emissions from industrial activities in the region by the air modeling technique, and integrating data and information obtained using geographical signature programs in order to obtain an informational map that can be used in analyzing the data for the future planning of housing in close proximity to industrial areas. This study was conducted on an area of 49 km 2 , Abu Qir Bay, east ofp the city of Alexandria, Egypt. The study showed that the safe areas of exposure to nitrogen oxides represent 8% of the study sample area (49 km 2). 3.5% represents the largest safe area located in the northwest of the industrial zone, 1.6% of the safe areas is located in the southern industrial zone towards the prevailing wind, and, finally, the ratio of built-up areas facing industrial emissions was revealed at 2.5% of the entire study area in the southern industrial zone. It is concluded that, by using the simulated gaseous emissions of industrial facilities and integrating it with geo-analytical maps of the built-up satellite-explored areas, a strategy for predicting the safe areas could be applied. The study recommends that residential urban planning decisions in industrial zones should be obtained through periodically monitoring the emissions. The researcher recommends the use of the results of this study as a guide, using (RS) satellites to detect and map built-up areas near industrial facilities, air-modelling techniques to predict the hazardous zones of the industry, and (GIS) to layer the information digitally, in order to take precise future urban planning decisions.

Ecological and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in a Diverse Industrial Area of Al-Akrasha, Egypt

“…It has an area of 494.4 acres with the coordinates 30 • 14 41 N-31 • 22 35 E. More than 10,000 citizens and about 20,000 workers are living in Al-Akrasha in homes between the fumes of factories. The Al-Akrasha area contains diverse factories; there are about 480 workshops and factories, according to the governorate's inventory: 80 foundries and metal-forming factories; 30 plastic factories; 15 iron-rolling factories; 10 factories for iron, copper, aluminum, and other metals wire drawing; 30 glass, wire, and nails manufacturing plants; 90 factories for plastic, cotton, and textiles; and 225 assorted small and micro workshops (Figure S1) [29]. The Awadallah lead smelter is considered one of the largest smelters in Egypt, and it was transferred to the Abu-Zaabal area in 2000 [30].…”

“…The Awadallah lead smelter is considered one of the largest smelters in Egypt, and it was transferred to the Abu-Zaabal area in 2000 [30]. The Al-Akrasha area is located near the Awadallah Factory for Melting, Refining and Manufacturing of Lead; the waste incinerator of the Ministry of Health and Population; and Abu-Zaabal Fertilizers and Chemicals Company [29,31]. The Ismailia Canal is a canal in Egypt that starts from the Nile River north of Cairo and branches into two branches; one of them irrigates the governorate of Qalyubia and passes through the AL-Akrasha area, which supplies the area with water and fish [32].…”