Use of Geographic Information System as a tool for the management of air quality monitoring in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro state

The concern with the air quality management in the city of Rio de Janeiro has increased in recent last years due to the great events that this city will receive in the near future. The use of a Geographic Information System as a tool for the air quality management was evaluated in this work. A new delimitation of air basins was proposed using the digital data suggesting the appearance of three new air basins and the change of the spatial configuration of the existing air basins.

air basins; air quality; geographic information system; air pollution