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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Urban air pollution"”.
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Climate policy design : interactions among carbon dioxide, methane, and urban air pollution constraints
Limiting anthropogenic climate change over the next century will require controlling multiple substances. The Kyoto Protocol structure constrains the major greenhouse gases and allows trading among them, but there exist other possible regime architectures which may be more efficient. Tradeoffs …
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Economic and policy implications of urban air pollution in the United States, 1970 to 2000
(cont.) over time as pollution levels change. Using these new models, we valued the economic benefit of reduced air pollution due to the Clean Air Act regulations to be over $7 trillion from 1970 to 2000, or 2.1% of aggregate US economic welfare over the period. This does not include the benefits …
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The politics of consensus-building : case study of diesel vehicles and urban air pollution in South Korea
… public disputes over diesel passenger cars and urban air quality management in South Korea. this dissertation explores the main obstacles in nascent democracies to meeting the necessary conditions for successful dispute resolution prescribed by Western scholars of consensus-building theory and …
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Health impacts from urban air pollution in China : the burden to the economy and the benefits of policy
In China, elevated levels of urban air pollution result in significant adverse health impacts for its large and rapidly growing urban population. An expanded version of the Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis (EPPA), EPPA Health Effects China (EPPA-HEC), was used to evaluate air …
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Environmental perceptions and participation in environmental decision-making among Blacks: A study of environmental justice and solid waste management planning in two Illinois counties
… hazardous facilities and the occurrence of urban air pollution. Although, research on environmental justice is still in its infancy, existing studies clearly show that ethnic and racial minorities are disproportionately burdened with both environmentally hazardous facilities and urban air …
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Three essays on the environment and health in cities
… dissertation, I examine the impacts of the local urban environment on health in the developed and developing world. By 2008, more than half the global population resided in urban areas, yet many questions regarding the health impact of urban environmental factors remain unanswered. I use large, …
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A machine learning model of Manhattan air pollution at high spatial resolution
A machine-learning model was created to predict air pollution at high spatial resolution in Manhattan, New York using taxi trip data. Urban air pollution increases morbidity and mortality through respiratory and cardiovascular impacts, and understanding and predicting it is a significant public …
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Modeling Outdoor Air Pollution and the Urban Form
As cities continue to grow rapidly, air pollution is becoming an increasing health problem. However, air pollution’s spatial and temporal variability make it difficult to quantify, even with field measurements. Models are thus useful to understand how pollutants interact with the built and natural …
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Space-time modelling of exposure to air pollution using GIS
… methods for space-time modelling of exposure to air pollution using GIS. This involves linkage of five main sub-models: a traffic model, a model of urban air pollution - combining local and ‘background’ pollution models - a network analysis tool for modelling exposure during journeys, and a …
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Impact of Indoor Sources of Emission on Ambient Air Quality
… are crucial regarding public health and air quality concerns. Many indoor emissions stem from solvent evaporation of volatile chemical products (VCPs), a broad class of sources emerging as a significant contributor to urban air pollution as emissions from classic sources like traffic has …
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Air pollution and health: distribution and determinants of exposure in Montreal, Quebec with a focus on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon assessment
… hydrocarbons (PAHs) as probable carcinogens. Urban air pollution is one source of PAH exposure. These facts provided motivation to pursue three thesis objectives: 1) to critically review environmental inequity research in Canada and methods used in previous studies; 2) to determine …
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Assessment of air pollution impacts on vegetation in South Africa
… areas in South Africa to assess possible air pollution damage to vegetation. During field surveys, atmospheric fluoride was identified as an important pollutant that damaged vegetation in residential areas north of Cape Town. Gaseous air pollutants, including acid deposition and acidic …
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Airway Inflammatory States in Response to Environmental Pollutants and the Influence of Oxidative Balance
… Epidemiologic evidence points to a link between urban air pollution and exacerbation of asthma cases. The pathophysiology of airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness in relation to air pollution is not well understood. Based upon previous experiments, this study hypothesized that key …
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Environmental justice education and atmospheric particulate analysis in urban environmental health policy development : indoor airborne particulate concentrations in preschools of asthmatic children in Newark
… to the adverse health effects of particulate air pollution. This study analyzes the community locations and evaluates literature and other available air pollution data for the target communities in the city of Newark. The study focuses on asthma or reactive airway diseases as a target health …
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HEALTH OUTCOMES AND OPTIMAL CHOICES IN URBAN AREAS IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCKS AND CHANGES IN FOREST AMENITIES
… outcomes and choices made by individuals in urban areas. Disruptions to forest amenities and tree canopy coverage caused by shocks to the natural environment may affect urban air quality, behavioral decisions, time use habits, and environmental management. This work exploits two distinct and …
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Application of a Mobile Flux Lab for the Atmospheric Measurement of Emissions (FLAME)
According to the World Health Organization, urban air pollution is a high public health priority due its linkage to cardio-pulmonary disease and association with increased mortality and morbidity (1, 2). Additionally, air pollution impacts climate change, visibility, and ecosystem health. The …
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Magnetism of anthropogenic airborne particulate matter
… ambient particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) pollution is the leading threat to life expectancy according to the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) 2023 report. The study of airborne PM is key to understanding both its source, and its impact on human health. The focus of this thesis is the study of …