Assessment of pollution sources in the southeastern of the Riyadh and its impact on the population/Saudi Arabia |
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| Authors: | Abeer Salman Manahil Al-Tayib Sulafa Hag-Elsafi Nada Al-Duwarij |
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| Institution: | 1.Department of Geography,King Saud University,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia;2.Department of Quantitative Analysis,King Saud University,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | The rapid growth of Riyadh—capital of Saudi Arabia—is pushing the area to more pollution and incentive for reorganization. The aim of this research is to assess air pollutants in southeast of Riyadh and detect opinion of the population about their environment. The assessment was done by analyzing 405 questionnaires, evaluating thermal band of Landsat 8, and spatial analyzing of particular matter and chemicals in 19 air samples by geostatistical tool in the ArcMap. Most of the inhabitants stated that they are suffering from bad odor, sewage leakage, and dust mainly from a cement factory. The thermal band of Landsat clarified the location of the pollution sources mainly the 1st industrial city, Yammama Cement Factory, and power plant in Farouq area. The ordinary kriging maps showed that the highest concentration of PM10 (>403 μg/m3) lied to the northern and western side of the study area and caused a health issue to most inhabitants. |
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