Residential indoor air quality interventions through a social‐ecological systems lens: A systematic review

Indoor Air ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioanna Tsoulou ◽  
Jennifer Senick ◽  
Gediminas Mainelis ◽  
Sunyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological

Multiple values and knowledge integration in indigenous coastal and marine social-ecological systems research: A systematic review

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 100910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo Dam Lam ◽  
Alexandros Gasparatos ◽  
Shamik Chakraborty ◽  
Horacio Rivera ◽  
Taira Stanley
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Social Ecological

scholarly journals Indoor Air Quality in Inpatient Environments: A Systematic Review on Factors that Influence Chemical Pollution in Inpatient Wards

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Gola ◽  
Gaetano Settimo ◽  
Stefano Capolongo
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Chemical Pollution ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Ventilation Systems

Introduction. Indoor air quality is one the main issues in which governments are focusing. In healing spaces, several research studies are reporting a growing number of data analysis and research works in order to guarantee and prevent health of users and workers. Currently the main investigations are about biological and physical risks; otherwise chemical ones are less investigated. Several countries are carrying out indoor air quality monitoring in those professional workplaces in which chemicals are used but also in some typically indoor (generic) spaces for the building hygiene assessment. The indoor air is affected by several factors that currently are analyzed punctually, without a whole scenario of all the variable performances. The authors have done a systematic review on the current state of the art and knowledge related to chemical pollution in healing spaces and the emerging strategies, supported by scientific literature, for healthy inpatient rooms and their indoor air.Methodology. The systematic review has been done through the analysis of papers from SCOPUS, DOAJ, and PubMed databases. The survey sample considered 483 scientific articles, between 1989 and 2017, and starting the systematic reading and analysis of the abstracts, only 187 scientific papers were selected, and only 96 were accessible.Discussion. Since scientific literature reports very different outputs and results, the resulting work from the survey is divided into specific fields of interest related to construction and finishing materials, installations, components, ventilation systems, processes, etc. Starting from the systematic reading, the paper classifies the factors of indoor air in four macroareas: outdoor air and microclimatic factors (temperature, relative humidity, air velocity, air change, etc.); management activities (management and maintenance activities, ventilation systems, HVAC, cleaning and disinfectant activities, etc.); design factors (room dimensions, furniture, finishing materials, etc.); and human presence and medical activities (users’ presence, their health status, and medical activities carried out in inpatient rooms).Conclusion. The systematic review gives rise to a broad scenario on the existing knowledge regarding the indoor air pollution, design, and management strategies for healthy spaces and several emerging topics. Although the aim of the investigation is strictly related to chemical pollution, several considerations from the biological point of view have been listed. The systematic review, supported by the existing scientific literature, becomes a starting point for considering the importance of the topic and to stimulate the knowledge around this field of interest for improving studies, analysis, and simulations.

scholarly journals Housing Risk Factors Associated with Respiratory Disease: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 2815
Author(s):  
Nipuni Nilakshini Wimalasena ◽  
Alice Chang-Richards ◽  
Kevin I-Kai Wang ◽  
Kim N. Dirks
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Respiratory Disease ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Respiratory Health ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Factors Associated

Cold, damp and mouldy housing arises from the degradation of the housing stock over time due to weathering and a lack of maintenance. Living in such houses is associated with many adverse impacts on human health, especially for those with existing health issues. This paper presents a systematic review, using the PRISMA protocol, consisting of an exploratory analysis of housing-related risk factors associated with respiratory disease. The review consisted of 360 studies investigating 19 risk factors associated with respiratory conditions. Each fall into one of four categories, namely, (1) outdoor environment-related factors; (2) indoor air pollution-related factors; (3) housing non-structure-related factors; or (4) housing structure-related factors. The results show that effects of poor housing conditions on occupants’ respiratory health is a growing research field, where poor indoor air quality, mainly due to a lack of adequate ventilation, was found to be the most influential risk factor. Usage of solid fuel and living in an urban area without a pollutant-free air filtration system are the main risk factors related to inadequate ventilation. Therefore, an adequate and reliable ventilation system with air-infiltration was considered to be the main mitigation solution to improve indoor air quality. It is suggested that government organisations and health practitioners could use the identified risk factors to measure the healthiness of existing dwellings and take measures to improve existing conditions and develop regulations for new housing construction to promote the healthy home concept. Further research is needed for risk mitigation strategies to reduce the respiratory health burden attributed to housing.

scholarly journals Indoor Air Quality Monitoring Systems Based on Internet of Things: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (14) ◽  
pp. 4942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagriti Saini ◽  
Maitreyee Dutta ◽  
Gonçalo Marques
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Air Quality Monitoring ◽  
Research Knowledge

Indoor air quality has been a matter of concern for the international scientific community. Public health experts, environmental governances, and industry experts are working to improve the overall health, comfort, and well-being of building occupants. Repeated exposure to pollutants in indoor environments is reported as one of the potential causes of several chronic health problems such as lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory infections. Moreover, smart cities projects are promoting the use of real-time monitoring systems to detect unfavorable scenarios for enhanced living environments. The main objective of this work is to present a systematic review of the current state of the art on indoor air quality monitoring systems based on the Internet of Things. The document highlights design aspects for monitoring systems, including sensor types, microcontrollers, architecture, and connectivity along with implementation issues of the studies published in the previous five years (2015–2020). The main contribution of this paper is to present the synthesis of existing research, knowledge gaps, associated challenges, and future recommendations. The results show that 70%, 65%, and 27.5% of studies focused on monitoring thermal comfort parameters, CO2, and PM levels, respectively. Additionally, there are 37.5% and 35% of systems based on Arduino and Raspberry Pi controllers. Only 22.5% of studies followed the calibration approach before system implementation, and 72.5% of systems claim energy efficiency.

scholarly journals Do improved biomass cookstove interventions improve indoor air quality and blood pressure? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

2021 ◽  
pp. 117997
Author(s):  
Nitya Kumar ◽  
Eunice Phillip ◽  
Helen Cooper ◽  
Megan Davis ◽  
Jessica Langevin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Meta Analysis

scholarly journals Knowledge Structures and Components of Rural Resilience in the 2010s: Conceptual Development and Implications

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9769
Author(s):  
GoWoon Kim ◽  
Wanmo Kang ◽  
Junga Lee
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Conceptual Development ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological

Resilience is being widely adopted as a comprehensive analytical framework for understanding sustainability dynamics, despite the conceptual challenges in developing proxies and indicators for researchers and policy makers. In our study, we observed how the concept of resilience undergoes continued extension within the rural resilience literature. We comprehensively reviewed rural resilience literature using keyword co-occurrence network (KCN) analysis and a systematic review of shortlisted papers. We conducted the KCN analysis for 1186 papers to characterize the state of the rural resilience literature, and systematically reviewed 36 shortlisted papers to further examine how rural resilience analysis and its assessment tools are helping understand the complexity and interdependence of rural social-ecological systems, over three three-year periods from 2010 to 2018. The results show that the knowledge structure built by the high frequency of co-occurrence keywords remains similar over the three-year periods, including climate change, resilience, vulnerability, adaptation, and management, whereas the components of knowledge have greatly expanded, indicating an increased understanding of rural system dynamics. Through the systematic review, we found that developing resilience assessment tools is often designed as a process to strengthen adaptive capacity at the household or community level in response to global processes of climate change and economic globalization. Furthermore, community resilience is found to be an interesting knowledge component that has characterized rural resilience literature in the 2010s. Based on our study, we summarized conceptual characteristics of rural resilience and discussed the challenges and implications for researchers and policy makers.

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