Understanding the health effects of landscape burning and biomass smoke in Australian towns and cities

了解澳大利亚城镇景观燃烧和生物质烟雾对健康的影响

• 批准号: LP0882048
• 负责人: Prof David Bowman
• 金额: $ 30.7万
• 依托单位: University of Tasmania
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-04-15 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0882048
• 关键词: Understanding; health; effects; landscape; burning

Bushfires are increasingly affecting Australian towns and cities directly and indirectly from episodes of severe air pollution. An approach to manage bushfires is to reduce fuel loads by setting planned fires under stable weather conditions, yet this strategy is controversial because of community concerns about ecological sustainability and negative health impacts from smoke. The relative importance of air pollution from planned and unplanned bushfires vs. wood heaters, agricultural burning and other sources of air pollution will be determined. Our study will enable evidence-based bushfire smoke management, help formulate national air quality standards and shape policies regarding biomass smoke and bushfire management.

森林大火越来越多地直接或间接地影响澳大利亚城镇和城市的严重空气污染事件。 管理森林火灾的一种方法是通过在稳定的天气条件下有计划地放火来减少燃料负荷，但由于社区对生态可持续性和烟雾对健康的负面影响的担忧，这一战略存在争议。 将确定有计划和无计划的森林火灾与木材加热器、农业燃烧和其他空气污染源造成的空气污染的相对重要性。我们的研究将使基于证据的火灾烟雾管理，帮助制定国家空气质量标准，并制定有关生物质烟雾和火灾管理的政策。