Essays about: "air pollutants mapping"

Found 5 essays containing the words air pollutants mapping.

1. 1. Urban Planning for Better Air Quality : A case study of the Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods in London

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Greta Gustafsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods; London; Green Infrastructure; Urban Planning; Air Pollution;

   Abstract : Air pollution affects the environment negatively, boosts climate change, and is the cause of millions of deaths per year, first and foremost affecting the people living in urban areas. Since the early 20th century, many cities have been planned around cars, which are the main contributors to the bad air quality. READ MORE

3. 2. Change of heating fuel consumption patterns produced by the economic crisis in Greece

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Panagiotis Patrinos; [2021]
   Keywords : geography; GIS; atmospheric pollution; Greece; household heating systems; heating fuel; economic Crisis; air Quality; satellite data; virtual stations; regression analysis; air pollutants mapping; anthropogenic factors; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The economic crisis in Greece resulted in a change in residential heating fuels utilized, which in turn resulted in a change of air quality over Greater Athens Area. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of economic crisis in air quality over Attica by examining the change in air pollutants’ concentrations before, during, and after the onset of the economic crisis in Greece and to associate this change with the change in fuels used for residential heating. READ MORE

4. 3. Logging System for Air Quality Mapping

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Author : Jonathan Franzén; Eric Jonsson; Marcus Nordstrom; William Sandkvist; [2020]
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   Abstract : An urgent issue in today’s society is the large emissions of air pollutants and CO2. Aside from being extremely harmful to the environment, these emissions can also be particularly unhealthy for inhabitants of metropolitan areas. To help combat this issue, a system for measuring air quality over larger areas is required. READ MORE

5. 4. Residential wood combustion, cancer risk frequency and costs in Sweden : A review of instruments using the MCA methodology

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

   Author : Matilda Watz; [2017]
   Keywords : Air pollution; Socioeconomic costs; PM2.5; B a P; MCA; Environmental management; Environmental policy; Residential wood combustion; Luftföroreningar; Samhällsekonomiska kostnader; PM2.5; B a P; MCA; Miljömanagement; Miljöpolicy; Vedeldning;

   Abstract : Air pollution cause approximately 5000 premature deaths in Sweden each year. Residential wood combustion of solid biomass (RWC) is responsible for at least 1000 based on a relative risk coefficient of 17 % per 10 μg/m3 exposure. READ MORE

6. 5. VOC emissions from Tetra Pak's converting factories

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Author : Elwira Gustavsson; [2013]
   Keywords : Tetra Pak; VOC emissions; ground- level ozone; converting factories; environmental impact; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of a pilot study on air emission management from six of Tetra Pak’s converting factories with the aim of mapping current air emissions of VOC, air purification equipment, and legal requirements. A description of the impacts of certain VOCs on the environment is also included. READ MORE