Australia's first national level quantitative environmental justice assessment of industrial air pollution
Australia's first national level quantitative environmental justice assessment of industrial air pollution
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DOI：
10.1088/1748-9326/9/4/044010
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发表时间：
2014-04-01
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Green, Donna
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作者：
Chakraborty, Jayajit;Green, Donna
这项研究是澳大利亚第一次对工业空气污染进行的国家级定量环境正义评估。具体地说，我们的分析将国家污染清单得出的与工业污染源相关的场地和排放量的空间分布与澳大利亚统计局指标得出的社区的土著地位和社会劣势特征联系起来。我们的结果揭示了基于工业污染源的位置以及这些地点排放的空气污染的数量和毒性的明显的全国环境不公平模式。污染点数量、排放量和毒性加权空气排放量最高的社区表明土著人口的比例明显更大，社会经济劣势程度更高。在教育程度和职业地位最低的社区，工业空气污染的数量和毒性尤其高。这些调查结果强调，需要在特定区域和社区进行更详细的分析，在这些区域和社区，社会弱势群体受到工业空气污染的影响不成比例。我们的实证结果也强调了在澳大利亚的环境规划和政策制定中越来越有必要将环境正义的考虑纳入其中。
This study presents the first national level quantitative environmental justice assessment of industrial air pollution in Australia. Specifically, our analysis links the spatial distribution of sites and emissions associated with industrial pollution sources derived from the National Pollution Inventory, to Indigenous status and social disadvantage characteristics of communities derived from Australian Bureau of Statistics indicators. Our results reveal a clear national pattern of environmental injustice based on the locations of industrial pollution sources, as well as volume, and toxicity of air pollution released at these locations. Communities with the highest number of polluting sites, emission volume, and toxicity-weighted air emissions indicate significantly greater proportions of Indigenous population and higher levels of socio-economic disadvantage. The quantities and toxicities of industrial air pollution are particularly higher in communities with the lowest levels of educational attainment and occupational status. These findings emphasize the need for more detailed analysis in specific regions and communities where socially disadvantaged groups are disproportionately impacted by industrial air pollution. Our empirical findings also underscore the growing necessity to incorporate environmental justice considerations in environmental planning and policy-making in Australia.