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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Gilad, A

Titel

Environmental pollution control in metropolitan Athens [Greece, water and air pollution control, community noise abatement, solid wastes management]

Ist Teil von

• Ambio, 1977, Vol.6 (6), p.350-354

Ort / Verlag

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Erscheinungsjahr

1977

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Metropolis (in Greek: "Mother City") of Athens was a village of 10 000 inhabitants at a time when modern Greece became independent in 1827. Over the period of 150 years it grew into a bustling urban conglomeration of three million people. This explosive rate of growth brought with it the inevitable environmental stresses and problems which exert a detrimental pressure on the quality of life and which threaten the monuments of the ancient civilization in the area. The Environmental Pollution Control Project in the Metropolitan Area of Athens, which is a joint venture of the Greek Government, the United Nations Development Program and the World Health Organization, was established in 1973 to develop programs for preservation and improvement of environmental quality in Athens. This paper describes briefly the objectives, the methods of operation and the achievements of this Project in the areas of water and air pollution control, community noise abatement and solid wastes management.