/Air_Quality_Analysis_in_Madrid

This is my Capstone Project in the Hamoye Data Science Internship. I analyzed the continuous deterioration of air quality in Madrid, and finding out the causes and possible solutions.

Primary LanguageJupyter Notebook

Dataset

Authorities in Madrid, Spain have been forced to take critical measures in combating the continuous deterioration of air quality in the city. One of such measures is the prohibition of cars in the city center. The dataset, collected over an 18 year period, can be useful to answer critical questions about the causes, effects and possible solutions to air pollution in Madrid and other parts of the world. See more about the data set here.

Summary of Findings

  • Most of the gaseous pollutants were of the same source which were mainly fuel for cars, buses, trains and airplanes.

  • Most of the other pollutants had a strong correlation with CO (Carbon monoxide) and NOx (Nitrous oxide). So, when these two pollutant gases are tackled by the government of Madrid, the other gaseous pollutants are likey to be tackled too.

  • There is a negative and postive trend of CO nad NOX pollutants measurement in most of the stations as it concerns the measurement variations within the different months in a year, from 2001 to 2018

  • The measurement decreases from January and becomes constant from March or April up unitil August where it increases till September the next year. It was observed that CO measurement decreased from 2001 t0 2018 in most of the stations, and was only observed more in stations with low elevation. Example - Mendez Alvaro, Farolillo.

  • It was also observed that NOx measurent for most stations decreased from 2001, and became constant from 2011 till 2016 for some of the stations, before increasing and dropping again in 2017. So it's generally negative secular trend with random variations in the most of these stations.

    NOx was also observed at stations with mid to low elevation. Example - Pza. del Carmen, Pza. de España.

Recommendations

  • The government of Madrid should restrict the movement of cars in the urban areas especially during the dry or winter season.

  • More concentration should be given to areas around stations that are located in low elevations.

  • The government of madrid should communicate its citizens the connection between air quality and public health thereby encouraging the citizens to use more of renewable energy resources, walk short distances instead driving.

  • The government should also encourage planting of rain gardens and planting of trees at homes, in schools and offices.