ABSTRACT

This work presents a framework for GIS-based air pollution biomonitoring in the vicinity of buildings and monuments with a view of (a) facilitating pollution distribution patterns around constructions, (b) providing information that may lead to confirmation of construction material decay mechanisms, and (c) contributing to the prevention of materials deterioration. The framework is realized through an algorithmic procedure and the monitoring system utilizes a permanent, nature-derived, cheap system (like lichens serving as bioindicators) coupled to a more accurate, precise and expensive measuring system (like conventional biosensors) for controlling and assessing bioindicator pollution estimates.