Local Air Quality Management policy and practice in the UK: The case for greater Public Health integration and engagement

Brunt, Huw; Barnes, Jo; Longhurst, James; Scally, Gabriel; Hayes, Enda T

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2016.01.009

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“…In the UK, air quality exceedances are most clearly evidenced by the declaration of Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) in 250 (62%) of the UK's Local Authorities [11]. The overwhelming cause of the air quality problem is the emissions from road traffic.…”

Section: The Uk Positionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In nearly every AQMA, the cause of the declaration is nitrogen dioxide, in a small number of cases the problem is PM 10 . The health impacts will vary considerably between AQMAs due to the differences in air pollution exposures but also will vary due to differences in individual and population-level susceptibilities [11].…”

Section: The Uk Positionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Strategy identified national measures to tackle larger scale issues such as vehicle fuel quality, engine technology standards and emissions from combustion processes whilst local air quality management became the remit of Local Governments recognising the importance of subsidiarity, and the need for proportionate, collaborative action that takes account of the local context. The Strategy set out the means to manage air quality and to protect health from the effects of air pollution through national and local-level action to comply with Air Quality Objectives (AQOs) for selected air pollutants: benzene, 1,3-butadiene, carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, particulate matter (PM10) and sulphur dioxide [11]. Air Quality Objectives specified in the UK Air Quality Regulations [12] were set at levels below which effects are unlikely (even in sensitive groups) or the risk of an effect is exceedingly small.…”

Section: Reflecting On the 195smog And The 1956 Clean Air Actmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite some process-reporting streamlining and modifications of AQO timescales, values and/or exceedence limits, LAQM's two-stage effects-based approach of air quality assessment in the context of public exposure followed, where necessary, by an AQMA declaration and development of an action plan, has remained largely unchanged since its inception [8,11,16,17]. [18].…”

Section: Reflecting On the 195smog And The 1956 Clean Air Actmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Progress with air quality management in the 60 years since the UK clean Air Act, 1956. Lessons, failures, challenges and opportunities

Longhurst¹,

Barnes²,

Chatterton³

et al. 2016

Int. J. SDP

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This paper explores the challenges, opportunities and progress made with managing air quality since the United Kingdom parliament passed the Clean Air Act, 1956. It seeks to identify the factors contributing to successful management of air quality and the factors that have acted, or continue to do so, as barriers to progress. The public health catastrophe of the 1952 London Smog created the political momentum for the 1956 Act to be passed. The nature of the contemporary air pollution challenge is reviewed in terms of the public health burden, the economic cost and the governmental response. The contemporary response is considered inadequate for the scale and intensity of the problem.

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Section: The Uk Positionmentioning

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Section: The Uk Positionmentioning

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Section: Reflecting On the 195smog And The 1956 Clean Air Actmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Reflecting On the 195smog And The 1956 Clean Air Actmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Progress with air quality management in the 60 years since the UK clean Air Act, 1956. Lessons, failures, challenges and opportunities

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Chatterton³

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“…An important priority of geographic analysis has emerged as researchers have shifted from identifying static snapshots to exploring dynamic phenomena and supporting decision-and policy-making, providing early warnings, crisis management, and so on [1,2]. Dynamic phenomena usually include a series of physical or human geographic processes that change across both spatial and temporal dimensions.…”

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Design of a Model Base Framework for Model Environment Construction in a Virtual Geographic Environment (VGE)

Zhang

Zheng

et al. 2017

IJGI

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Abstract:The model environment is a key component that enables a virtual geographic environment (VGE) to meet the scientific requirements for simulating dynamic phenomena and performing analyses. Considering the comprehensiveness of geographic processes and the requirements for the replication of model-based research, this paper proposes a model base framework for a model environment of a VGE that supports both model construction and modelling management, resulting in improved reproducibility. In this framework, model management includes model metadata, creation, deposition, encapsulation, integration, and adaptation; while modelling management focuses on invoking the model, model computation, and runtime control of the model. Based on this framework, to consider the problem of ever-worsening air quality, we applied the Linux-Apache-MySQL-Perl stack plus Supervisor to implement the model base to support a VGE prototype using professional meteorological and air quality models. Using this VGE prototype, we simulated a typical air pollution case for January 2010. The prototype not only illustrates how a VGE application can be built on the proposed model base, but also facilitates air quality simulations and emergency management.

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Evolution of Air Quality Policy and Management in Urban Areas

Hayes

2018

Urban Pollution

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Local Air Quality Management policy and practice in the UK: The case for greater Public Health integration and engagement

Cited by 27 publications

References 43 publications

Progress with air quality management in the 60 years since the UK clean Air Act, 1956. Lessons, failures, challenges and opportunities

Progress with air quality management in the 60 years since the UK clean Air Act, 1956. Lessons, failures, challenges and opportunities

Design of a Model Base Framework for Model Environment Construction in a Virtual Geographic Environment (VGE)

Evolution of Air Quality Policy and Management in Urban Areas

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