@article{
author = "Josimović, Boško and Todorović, Dušan and Jovović, Aleksandar and Manić, Božidar",
year = "2023",
abstract = "The paper presents a specific method of environmental impact assessment applied in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the National Emission Reduction Plan (NERP)
in the Republic of Serbia, based on air quality. The specificity of the approach is in the
application of a semiquantitative method of multicriteria evaluation based on air dispersion
modeling and the integration of SEA goals, indicators and criteria for assessing the impact
of the NERP on the quality of air and other environmental elements in this method. When
predicting changes in air quality for the planning horizon to 2028, the physical, geographical and climatic characteristics of the area were taken into account, as well as technical
measures to reduce SO2 emissions, since this was the dominant pollutant from the Serbian coal-fred power plants studied by the NERP. Air pollution modeling was carried out
using the AERMOD software package based on the data collected, and the quantitative
results obtained were used in a multicriteria evaluation as part of the SEA. The results of
the research indicated the importance of applying this approach in order to significantly
increase objectivity in the SEA process, since it is an important element of decision making at the strategic level. In addition, a comparative presentation of the modeling results
before and after application of the NERP was an important part of the SEA process, and it
provided a clear insight into expected changes in the air quality. This is a key argument for
making appropriate policy decisions on spatial, energy, environmental and socio-economic
development in the Republic of Serbia, which, like other developing countries, is sluggishly following global trends in energy transition",
journal = "Environment, Development and Sustainability",
title = "Air pollution modeling to support strategic environmental assessment: case study—National Emission Reduction Plan for coal-fired thermal power plants in Serbia",
doi = "10.1007/s10668-023-03186-0"
}