Wood used as fuel under conditions of urban poverty is a source of air pollution. Fuelwood is harvested from peri-urban green areas or sourced as waste fro... R Niyobuhungiro,S Naidoo,A Dalvie,... - 《South African Journal of Science》 被引量: 19发表: 2013年 Summertime Spatial Variat...
In addition, a relatively limited understanding of the demand side of environmental preservation and quality, in terms of individual attitudes, preferences, and valuations, tends to limit the scope, effectiveness, or even the legitimacy, of the various measures aimed at combating air pollution....
we analyzed pooled data from children and adults and the effects of air pollution on asthma exacerbations could differ by age group. Moreover, we could not differentiate between repeated visits by the same patient. The data on air pollutants were taken from a few measuring stations; however, ...
North America have been proactive in combating the effects of urban sprawl. Some have developed urban growth boundaries beyond which construction is prohibited or severely restricted, whereas others limit the influence of urban sprawl through innovative land-use planning techniques or community cooperation...
“[…] the inertia of technologies, institutions, and behaviours [that] individually and interactively limit the rate of such systemic transformation by a path-dependent process known as carbon lock-in, whereby initial conditions, increasing economic returns to scale, and social and individual dynamics...
URBhas unveiled plans to develop Africa's most sustainable city, a development that can host 150,000 residents. Known asThe Parks, the city plans to produce 100% of its energy, water & food on-site through biodomes, solar-powered air-to-water generators, and biogas production. The 1,700...
Similarly, vulnerability assessments will require further input variables describing demographic factors such as old age, low educational attainment, high poverty levels, poor health, and lack of air conditioning8,53,54. An investigation of the spatio-temporal dynamics of risk to extreme heat is ...
The hyper-mobility may stem from their privileged position both economically and spatially, being able to choose between an array of transport modes and destinations (also long distance because of the connectivity related to international air-travel), guided by cultural and lifestyle choices. In ...
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(2014) found that when Tmrt exceeds 59.4 °C there is an increase in heat-related mortality of 10% for those > 80 years of age. Using this threshold the areas of greatest hazard can be identified (adjacent to the sunlit buildings, Fig. 9b). To determine the effects of warmer air ...