Modelling the Impact of the Proposed Newhurst Incinerator on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Urban Health Index (UHI) of Loughborough Town and Uni

模拟拟议的纽赫斯特焚烧厂对拉夫堡镇和大学世界卫生组织 (WHO) 城市健康指数 (UHI) 的影响

• 批准号: 2891122
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Loughborough University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2891122
• 关键词: Modelling; Impact; Proposed; Newhurst; Incinerator

Ambient air pollution accounts for an estimated 4.2 million deaths per year due to stroke, heart disease, lung cancer and chronic respiratory diseases (WHO, 2016). Around 91% of the world's population, in both developed and developing countries, lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits (WHO, 2016). The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has further highlighted specific, compound air-quality-health impacts, with analysis already demonstrating a strong correlation between pollution levels and COVID-19 transmission within London boroughs, and a strong association of the risk of COVID-19 fatality with NO2 and PM2.5 concentrations (Sasidharan et al., 2020). Against this general background, the town and university of Loughborough are poised for a potentially significant, near-future, step-change in air-quality drivers. Waste management companies Covanta and Biffa, together with Macquarie's Green Investment Group, have agreed a contract to build an "Energy from Waste Facility" (incinerator) between Shepshed and Loughborough, at the Newhurst Quarry site adjacent to Junction 23 of the M1. Objections to the development from Leicestershire County Council were overruled by the Secretary of State for Local Government and current projections indicate construction will commence in 2023. The aim of this studentship project is to evaluate the pre-incinerator urban health status of Loughborough as a control, against which the impact of incinerator emissions may be assessed through atmospheric dispersion modelling, thus generating a holistic assessment of any significant changes in the air quality and environmental health profile of this town. Community engagement will be achieved through dialogue with the Nanpantan Ward Residents' and Loughborough Air Quality Protection Groups, who in turn are in dialogue with borough and county councillors. We stress that the studentship project has no agenda for or against the Newhurst incinerator, but aims simply to evaluate the nature of its impact on the wider urban health of this location.

据估计，环境空气污染每年导致 420 万人因中风、心脏病、肺癌和慢性呼吸道疾病死亡（世界卫生组织，2016 年）。世界上大约 91% 的人口，无论是发达国家还是发展中国家，都生活在空气质量水平超过世界卫生组织限制的地方（世界卫生组织，2016）。 2020 年冠状病毒大流行进一步凸显了具体的、复合的空气质量-健康影响，分析已经表明伦敦各行政区的污染水平与 COVID-19 传播之间存在很强的相关性，并且 COVID-19 死亡风险与 NO2 和 PM2.5 浓度之间存在密切关联（Sasidharan 等，2020）。在这一总体背景下，拉夫堡镇和拉夫堡大学已做好准备，在不久的将来，空气质量驱动因素可能会发生重大的阶跃变化。废物管理公司 Covanta 和 Biffa 与麦格理绿色投资集团 (Macquarie’s Green Investment Group) 已达成一项合同，将在 Shepsshed 和 Loughborough 之间、位于 M1 高速公路 23 号交叉口附近的 Newhurst Quarry 工地建造一座“废物能源设施”（焚烧炉）。莱斯特郡议会对开发的反对意见被当地政府大臣否决，目前的预测表明施工将于 2023 年开始。该学生项目的目的是评估拉夫堡焚烧炉前的城市健康状况作为对照，通过大气扩散模型评估焚烧炉排放的影响，从而对空气质量和环境健康状况的任何重大变化进行整体​​评估 这个小镇的。社区参与将通过与 Nanpantan 区居民和拉夫堡空气质量保护小组的对话来实现，这些小组又与区和县议员进行对话。我们强调，学生奖学金项目没有支持或反对纽赫斯特焚烧厂的议程，而只是为了评估其对该地区更广泛的城市健康影响的性质。