URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND AIR QUALITY IN SAN LUIS CITY, ARGENTINA

摘要

Some factors such as the high population growht, along with insufficient housing, health and sanitary services, obsolete industrial technology and the lack of environmental management programs, give rise to contamination in Latin-American cities. Owing to the urban characterisitcs of San Luis, a detailed analysis of air quality was planned as part of a more comprehensive study, in order to made an environmental diagnosis of the city after the demographical and economic upgrowth over the last 15 years. It has been concluded that air polution levels in San Luis are higher than those expected for a medium-size city.