Smart Cities with Recognizance in Air Quality

Abstract

The worldwide populace keeps on developing at a consistent speed, and more individuals are moving to urban communities. This led to the generation of idea of smart cities which eventually builds the sustainable environment around the world by advancing technologies which can implacably applied to understand and control various processes of the city which are subjected on water, air and energy. In current study of approach, the focus relies specifically on atmospheric pollutants which arise due to industries, factories, mining, and the combustion of fossil fuels. These activities release air pollutants that are harmful to all living things including Sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone, and various others air pollutants. Additionally, it is a major risk factor for several health conditions, including bronchitis, lung cancer, heart problems, throat and eye disorders, asthma, skin infections, and respiratory system ailments. The aim of the current study was to conduct discrete factor analysis to analyze the factors which are responsible for degradation of the air quality. The proposed study is carried out in two phases, with the first phase measured the variation in the AQI (Air Quality Index) value of different smart cities of India for years 2015-2020, whereas in second phase we analyze the contribution of different gases such as NO2, NO, benzene, toluene, xylene, O3, CO, SO2, NOx towards the AQI value.