Evaluation of Thermal Comfort and Air Quality of Low-Income Housing in Kampala City, Uganda

This paper examined the quality of life against the backdrop of the existing environment in the public low-income housing estates. Based on the desktop literature the study used both subjective and objective measurements to investigate the liveability of the selected housing estates. Home environment, neighbourhood amenities, economic vitality, social environment and civic protection were examined. The stratified random sampling was used in distributing questionnaire to household heads in all types of homes. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics and structural equation modelling (SEM). This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge in liveability studies in terms of model construct.Keywords: Liveability; Low-income; Quality of life; SEM2398-4279 © 2017 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Malaysia.

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Assessing the impact of Eskom power plant emissions on ambient air quality over KwaZamokuhle

Clean Air Journal ◽

10.17159/2410-972x/2019/v29n1a2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Prince Chidhindi ◽

Monray D Belelie ◽

Roelof P Burger ◽

Gabi Mkhatshwa ◽

Stuart J Piketh

Keyword(s):

Air Quality ◽

Low Income ◽

Power Plants ◽

Dispersion Model ◽

Ambient Air ◽

Background Concentration ◽

Monitoring Site ◽

Ambient Air Quality ◽

The Impact

Coal-fired power plants are considered a major source of criteria air pollutants. The existence of such activities close to densely populated areas has an impact on human health and more generally on the environment. The impact of a pollutant typically depends on its residence time and the existence of background concentration levels. This study evaluates the dispersion of PM2.5, SO2 and NOX emissions from Eskom power plants (Arnot, Hendrina, and Komati) located close to KwaZamokuhle Township. AERMOD was used to assess the contribution of each plant to the air quality of the township. This steady-state dispersion model was used to simulate surface concentrations (1-hour, 24-hour and annual average concentrations) on a 50km domain for 2015-2017. The modelled results together with data obtained from Eskom’s KwaZamokuhle monitoring site were used to estimate the extent to which these power plants contribute to the ambient air quality of KwaZamokuhle Township. The results confirm that the power plants do contribute to concentrations of PM2.5, SO2, and NOx in the ambient air of the township. However, based on a comparison between the modelled and monitored data, it was inferred that power plants are not the only significant source of these criteria pollutants. Evidence from temporal variations in the monitored data shows that domestic burning is likely the major contributor since the variability is more closely associated with burning habits. It is therefore likely that existing regulatory strategies that focus mostly on the industrial sector may not be successful in improving ambient air quality in low-income settlements like KwaZamokuhle.

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Quality of low-income housing projects in South Africa

IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering ◽

10.1088/1757-899x/640/1/012029 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 640 ◽

pp. 012029

Author(s):

C Aigbavboa ◽

A Oke ◽

O Akinradewo ◽

D Aghimien ◽

S Okgonne

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Low Income ◽

Housing Projects ◽

Low Income Housing

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Indoor Environmental Quality of Low-Income Housing in Delhi, India: Findings from a Field Study

Energy Procedia ◽

10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.714 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 78 ◽

pp. 495-500 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Emily Nix ◽

Clive Shrubsole ◽

Payel Das ◽

Michael Davies

Keyword(s):

Field Study ◽

Environmental Quality ◽

Low Income ◽

Indoor Environmental Quality ◽

Low Income Housing

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Green BIM potential in assessing the sustainable design quality of low-income housing: A review

IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering ◽

10.1088/1757-899x/1098/2/022078 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1098 (2) ◽

pp. 022078

Author(s):

A Ekasanti ◽

O C Dewi ◽

N S D Putra

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Sustainable Design ◽

Design Quality ◽

Low Income Housing

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Air Quality Into Cabin Environment of Different Passenger Cars: Effect of Car Usage, Fuel Type and Ventilation/Infiltration Conditions

10.21203/rs.3.rs-158392/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Evangelos I Tolis ◽

Tilemachos Karanotas ◽

Grigoris Svolakis ◽

George Panaras ◽

John G. Bartzis

Keyword(s):

Air Quality ◽

Thermal Comfort ◽

Heavy Traffic ◽

Fuel Type ◽

Passenger Cars ◽

Northern Greece ◽

Traffic Emission ◽

Cabin Environment ◽

The City

Abstract Despite that commuters spend only 5.5% of their time in cabin vehicles, their exposure to harmful air pollutants, originated from the vehicle itself, and traffic emission is considered significant. In this study, two passenger cars with different type of fuels, were investigated in terms of air quality and thermal comfort of their cabin. Investigation was performed in the city of Kozani, Northern Greece. Moreover, air samples near the exhausts were taken, in order to compare concentration of compounds found indoors. 12 VOCs, and CO2 were measured inside the cabin when the cars were stopped, when idle, and when they were cruising in medium and heavy traffic roads, under various ventilated conditions. Thermal comfort was investigated while driving the cars through the city traffic. Results showed that the air around the diesel exhaust is less affected by emissions from the engine compared to LPG fuel. This is reflected to the TVOC measured into the cabin. Results also revealed that the air quality of a diesel fuel moving car with open windows is only affected by the traffic emissions from neighboring vehicles, while for the car with LPG fuel, the self-pollution from its own exhaust might contribute together with the outdoor air.

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The Quality of Housing Produced by the Low Income in a Developing Country: A case study in Ibadan, Nigeria

Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies ◽

10.21834/aje-bs.v3i7.266 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (7) ◽

pp. 161-170

Author(s):

Jaiyeoba Babatunde Emmanuel

Keyword(s):

Social Context ◽

Low Income ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Publishing House ◽

Policy Interventions ◽

The People ◽

International Publishing ◽

Housing Standards ◽

Low Income Housing

The paper illustrates how housing produced by the low income in Ogbere area of Ibadan is negotiated from the societal complex due to the inability of government to provide for them and low income housing not being attractive to the profit driven private sector. Quantitative and qualitative methods were adopted while using the lens of Lefebvre’s theory of space to examine the people, the process and the houses produced. The findings necessitate situating low income housing standards, quality and policy interventions in the social context to upgrade the quality of life in urban areas. Keywords: Lefebvre, Low income, Housing production, Social context eISSN 2514-751X © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

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