ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES ON AIR QUALITY IN THE SKOPJE AGGLOMERATION
Journal
ГЕОГРАФСКИ РАЗГЛЕДИ-GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS
Date Issued
2025-02-01
Author(s)
Manevska, Emilija
Kuzmanoski, Arse
DOI
10.37658/gr255873m
Abstract
Air pollution in the Skopje agglomeration represents a decades-long, complex problem,
which requires a profound approach. The expansion of the urban space, which has been
especially intensified in the last decade, as well as other socio-economic factors in the capital,
have led to an additional serious threat to the health of the population through air pollution. This
paper aims to analyze the socio-economic characteristics of the Skopje agglomeration, which
exert a great pressure on the environment, and are reflected with the greatest consequences
on the air quality in the agglomeration. The location for the research was determined due to the
fact that the largest population of residents from the Republic of North Macedonia is
concentrated in the Skopje agglomeration and it has high concentrations of air pollutants from
all types of pollution sources and pollutants, where the concentration of the population and
industrial facilities cause a threat to the quality of the basic components of the environment.
which requires a profound approach. The expansion of the urban space, which has been
especially intensified in the last decade, as well as other socio-economic factors in the capital,
have led to an additional serious threat to the health of the population through air pollution. This
paper aims to analyze the socio-economic characteristics of the Skopje agglomeration, which
exert a great pressure on the environment, and are reflected with the greatest consequences
on the air quality in the agglomeration. The location for the research was determined due to the
fact that the largest population of residents from the Republic of North Macedonia is
concentrated in the Skopje agglomeration and it has high concentrations of air pollutants from
all types of pollution sources and pollutants, where the concentration of the population and
industrial facilities cause a threat to the quality of the basic components of the environment.