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Dubai residents concerned about the future can soon breathe can soon breathe a sign of 'clean' relief - the Emirate's ambitious Dh500 million plan to improve air quality will, in the long run, lead to better health for us all.
Air Quality Strategy 2017 is designed to turn Dubai into a city with world-class standards for air purity, according to Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, the Director General of Dubai Municipality, who unveiled the plan last week.
As part of the project, Dubai Municipality will develop advanced monitoring systems, as well as 'Smart Air Quality Stations' which should help raise public awareness of the importance of clean air.
Eng. Alia Al Harmoudi, the Director of the Municipality's Environment department, explained that the preliminary stages of the project included analysing data from the last several years to create over 300 digital maps pinpointing the locations in which pollution levels increase, their sources, and how they spread, taking into account various climactic factors such as variations in temperature and humidity and the speed and direction of winds.
The monitoring systems "will provide visitors with the opportunity to experience the most important air quality issues in a unique and modern manner that leaves the greatest impact on the visitor's imagination and enhances their environmental awareness," Harmoudi said.
Officials noted that local air quality has conformed to international standards even before the launch of Air Strategy 2017.
In September 2016, for example, Dubai Municipality statistics gathered from 13 smart stations across the Emirate revealed that Dubai's air quality had improved 88 per cent by the end of 2015, higher than the target level of 85 per cent.
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