Chapter 5
Two Illustrative Examples: Brussels
and Porto
C. Carnevale, F. Ferrari, R. Gianfreda, G. Guariso, S. Janssen,
G. Maffeis, A.I. Miranda, A. Pederzoli, H. Relvas, P. Thunis,
E. Turrini, P. Viaene, P. Valkering and M. Volta
5.1 Introduction
To evaluate in practice how IAM can be used to formulate and improve current air
quality plans, this chapter reports on the application of one of the existing IAM
tools, to two test cases: one is the Brussels Capital Region in Belgium and the other
the region of Porto in the North of Portugal. The two cases are representative for the
two options that are available for the decision pathway in the IAM framework as
presented in Chap. 2: the scenario evaluation and the optimisation. Before presenting the peculiarities and the results obtained for the two test cases, this chapter
briefly describes the specific features of the IAM tool used, namely RIAT+.
C. Carnevale Á A. Pederzoli Á E. Turrini Á M. Volta (&)
Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
e-mail: marialuisa.volta@unibs.it
F. Ferrari Á R. Gianfreda Á G. Maffeis
Terraria srl, Milan, Italy
G. Guariso
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
S. Janssen Á P. Viaene Á P. Valkering
Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek n.v. (VITO), Mol, Belgium
A.I. Miranda Á H. Relvas
Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
P. Thunis
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Directorate for Energy, Transport and
Climate, Air and Climate Unit, Ispra, Italy
© The Author(s) 2017
G. Guariso and M. Volta (eds.), Air Quality Integrated Assessment,
PoliMI SpringerBriefs, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33349-6_5
85
Two Illustrative Examples: Brussels
and Porto
C. Carnevale, F. Ferrari, R. Gianfreda, G. Guariso, S. Janssen,
G. Maffeis, A.I. Miranda, A. Pederzoli, H. Relvas, P. Thunis,
E. Turrini, P. Viaene, P. Valkering and M. Volta
5.1 Introduction
To evaluate in practice how IAM can be used to formulate and improve current air
quality plans, this chapter reports on the application of one of the existing IAM
tools, to two test cases: one is the Brussels Capital Region in Belgium and the other
the region of Porto in the North of Portugal. The two cases are representative for the
two options that are available for the decision pathway in the IAM framework as
presented in Chap. 2: the scenario evaluation and the optimisation. Before presenting the peculiarities and the results obtained for the two test cases, this chapter
briefly describes the specific features of the IAM tool used, namely RIAT+.
C. Carnevale Á A. Pederzoli Á E. Turrini Á M. Volta (&)
Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
e-mail: marialuisa.volta@unibs.it
F. Ferrari Á R. Gianfreda Á G. Maffeis
Terraria srl, Milan, Italy
G. Guariso
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
S. Janssen Á P. Viaene Á P. Valkering
Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek n.v. (VITO), Mol, Belgium
A.I. Miranda Á H. Relvas
Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
P. Thunis
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Directorate for Energy, Transport and
Climate, Air and Climate Unit, Ispra, Italy
© The Author(s) 2017
G. Guariso and M. Volta (eds.), Air Quality Integrated Assessment,
PoliMI SpringerBriefs, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33349-6_5
85