Ke piʻi nei ke kaomi no nā kūlanakauhale a puni ka honua e hana i kā lākou hana i ka wā e hakakā ai i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, ʻike nui ka poʻe huakaʻi i ka hopena e hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou ma ka honua.
ʻO ka noiʻi ʻoihana hou, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i kēia lā, ua kālailai ʻia he 50 o nā kūlanakauhale i kipa nui ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma nā ʻano mea like me ka pākēneka o nā hōkele hoʻomau, ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kaʻa lehulehu, nā pae pollution, a me nā kumukūʻai.
No laila, ʻo wai nā wahi hoʻomau mau loa ma US?
ʻO ka 10 mau kūlanakauhale hoʻomau maikaʻi loa ma USA
- Kona, OR
- Honolulu, HI
- Kona Hou, NY
- Minneapolis, MN
- Denver, HI
- Boston, MA
- Salt Lake City, Ut
- Buffalo, NY
- Kailua Kona, HI
- Austin, TX
Aia ma kahi mua Kona, Oregona, i kaulana no ke kulanakauhale holomua. ʻO ka mokuʻāina ʻo Oregon ka helu kiʻekiʻe loa o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu hou o kekahi ma kā mākou papa inoa (43.1%). Eia kekahi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no kāna pollution māmā haʻahaʻa (6,590μcd/m2) a me ka helu o nā hōkele hoʻomau (9% o ka nui o nā hōkele).
ʻAʻole mamao loa mai Portland ke kūlanakauhale lua o Seattle, Wakinekona. E like me Portland, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Seattle no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu hou (38.4%) a me ka awelika o ka haumia ea (6μg/m³), ka poʻe e hele wāwae a hoʻohana paha i nā kaʻa lehulehu (44.8%), a me nā hōkele hoʻomau (9.19%).
ʻOiai ʻo ia kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale nui a paʻa loa i ka honua, ʻo New York ke kolu o ka wahi. ʻO NYC ke kūlanakauhale kiʻekiʻe loa no ka hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole ʻelua, akā ʻekolu mau mea: nā hōkele hoʻomau, ka poʻe hele wāwae a hoʻohana paha i nā kaʻa lehulehu, a me ka lōʻihi o nā ala pōʻai.
Ua hōʻike pū ka noiʻi ʻana i nā kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi loa o US:
- Nashville, HI
- ʻO Columbus, OH
- Waimanalo, TX
- Houston, TX
- Indianapolis, IN
- Philadelphia, PA
- Chicago, HI
- ʻO Baltimore, MD
- Tampa, FL
- Cincinnati, OH
ʻO Nashville, Tennessee, kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale ulu wikiwiki loa ma ka ʻāina. ʻO Nashville ke kūlanakauhale haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i ka wā e pili ana i kona haumia ea (14.3μg/m³) a maikaʻi ʻole hoʻi nā helu no kāna ʻōnaehana ala pōʻai, me 0.6 mau mile wale nō o nā ala palekana.
ʻO ke kūlanakauhale helu haʻahaʻa ʻelua ʻo Columbus, ke kūlanakauhale nui loa ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Ohio. He haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa ko Ohio no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu hou (4.4%) a he kiʻekiʻe ka pollution o ka ea o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Columbus, ma 13.6μg/m³.