Geo-Eye

Abstract

Air pollution has significant effects on exacerbation of asthma, allergy and other respiratory diseases. Like many other mega cities in the world the ambient air quality of Chennai is also being deteriorated day by day. Automobile exhausts and certain industrial pollutants produce O3 by photochemical reactions. The particulate matter, particularly less than 10 m in size, can pass through the natural protective mechanism of human respiratory system and plays an important role in genesis and augmentation of allergic disorders. Sources of air pollution in the area and the unique problem arising out of the emission from the vehicles, industries, etc. have been described. A major study was Anna Nagar, Adyar, Kilpuak, T. Nagar and Vallalar Nagar. The main objective is to study the adverse health effects of exposure to ambient air pollution in different areas of Chennai city and examines the patterns of total number of Vehicles in Chennai city. The analysis results the relationship between the levels of air pollution and the percentage of affected people in selected area of Chennai city. This paper tries to assess the air quality and human health due to air pollution loads and human health impacts on major road networks of Greater Chennai.

Keywords: Pollution; Transport; Vehicle emission; Air quality; Human Health