An integrated approach to assessing the environmental and health impacts of pollution in the urban environment: Methodology and a case study
An integrated approach to assessing the environmental and health impacts of pollution in the urban environment: Methodology and a case study
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DOI：
10.1016/j.psep.2012.11.004
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发表时间：
2013-11-01
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7.8
通讯作者：
Vardoulakis, S.
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作者：
Azapagic, A.;Chalabi, Z.;Vardoulakis, S.
本文提出了一种用于城市污染可持续管理的新决策支持方法和软件工具。同一平台集成了许多不同的方法和工具，包括 GIS、LCA、命运和运输建模、健康影响评估和多标准决策分析。该框架的应用通过一个案例研究进行了说明，该案例研究了城市中不同工业、家庭和交通来源造成的污染对环境和健康的影响。本研究选择的示例城市是英国谢菲尔德，考虑的主要污染物是氮氧化物、二氧化硫和可吸入颗粒物。结果表明，该市目前大型工业源的缺失将导致 SO2 地面浓度减少 90%，NO2 地面浓度减少 70%，从而每年为 50 万人口避免 27 人死亡和 18 人因呼吸系统疾病入院。根据评估当年谢菲尔德的年度总死亡率和入院人数，这意味着空气污染的估计减少将避免 0.53% 的过早死亡和 0.49% 的呼吸系统入院人数。 (C) 2012 年化学工程师学会。由 Elsevier B.V. 出版。保留所有权利。
This paper presents a new decision-support methodology and software tool for sustainable management of urban pollution. A number of different methods and tools are integrated within the same platform, including GIS, LCA, fate and transport modelling, health impact assessment and multi-criteria decision analysis. The application of the framework is illustrated on a case study which investigates the environmental and health impacts of pollution arising from different industrial, domestic and transport sources in a city. The example city chosen for the study is Sheffield, UK, and the main pollutants considered are NOx, SO2 and PM10. The results suggest that the absence of the current large industrial sources in the city would lead to a 90% reduction of the SO2 and 70% of the NO2 ground concentrations, consequently preventing 27 deaths and 18 respiratory hospital admissions per annum for a population of 500,000. Based on the total annual mortality and hospital admissions in Sheffield for the year of the assessment, this means that 0.53% of premature deaths and 0.49% of respiratory hospital admissions would be prevented by the estimated reduction in air pollution. (C) 2012 The Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.