Air Quality Management: Relocating the risk of exposure

AQMAs in the UK | AQM centre | AQM action plans | Contacts | PM10 modelling | R.A.C.E | Risk | Round 2 of R&A | Home | PM10 apportionment | Urban AQM | Consultation

This project began in June 2004

Background

The project, funded and partly supervised by the Environment Agency (EA), is investigating the issues of equality and inequality in exposure to air pollutants by the population living within or in the proximity of pollution hotspots, as identified by the current UK Air Quality Management (AQM) framework.

It examines the mitigation strategies, compares air quality before and after implementation, identifies the social attributes of the population and quantifies distributional impacts of the strategies in a social context.

The research outcomes of the PhD will be to produce guidelines and recommendations for the EA and other government bodies on minimisation of such impacts, and contribute to the debate on the relationship between social deprivation and exposure to environmental pollution.

This website will be updated as the research progresses.  If you would like further information about the project please contact:

Ioanna Gegisian

Air Quality Management Resource Centre

Faculty of Applied Sciences

University of the West of England

Frenchay Campus

Coldharbour Lane

Bristol

BS16 1QY

Email: ioanna2.gegisian@uwe.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)117 32 83013

Fax: +44 (0)117 32 83360

Copyright © 2004 by Air Quality Management Resource Centre, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY.           All rights reserved. Last updated: 08/09/05.