scholarly journals An Analysis of Public Complaints to Evaluate Ecosystem Services

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-hyuck Lee ◽  
HaeOk Choi
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Water Quality Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Service Support ◽  
Downtown Area ◽  
Negative Factors ◽  
The City ◽  
Ecosystem Benefits

Reducing the demands placed on ecosystems can maximize the benefits they provide. Therefore, this study examines public complaints about the environment to analyze the pressure placed on the ecosystem spatially and temporally. Environment-related public complaints filed in the city of Namyangju were examined. The city sources its water from the Han River and is poised to implement a payment system for ecosystem services. Many complaints were filed regarding noise and oscillation, dust scattering, wildlife, air quality management, and water quality management. The complaints indicated that the public were inconvenienced by the regulation of services and service-support: scattered dust affected the downtown area all year, while noise and oscillation, as well as problems with air quality, were prevalent mainly during the summer. Measures should be adopted to address the peculiarities of each issue. This study suggests that areas in which wild boars are active should be separated from areas of human activity and that pollutants need to be prevented from reaching the waterfront. Measures should be developed to address the negative factors and maximize ecosystem benefits. Analyzing public complaints about the environment can lead to the establishment of local plans to maximize ecosystem services.

Development of a GIS-based decision support system for urban air quality management in the city of Istanbul

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tolga Elbir ◽  
Nizamettin Mangir ◽  
Melik Kara ◽  
Sedef Simsir ◽  
Tuba Eren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Urban Air Quality ◽  
Urban Air ◽  
Air Quality Management ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Building Cities for Families: Attracting and Retaining Households

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nechama Hirchberg
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Downtown Area ◽  
Households With Children ◽  
Attitude Shift ◽  
The City

Planning for sustainable cities means creating complete communities with increased residential densities, housing choices, and services that attract a diversity of populations at all stages of their life. This exploratory study identifies the challenges that discourage households with children from moving to the downtown area and explores the public and private initiatives and strategies that can be used to attract and retain such families in downtown neighbourhoods by providing required infrastructure, amenities, and services. Data shows that households with children are underrepresented in downtown Toronto compared to the rest of the city. This exploratory study identifies the factors that the downtown area needs to provide long-term options for households with children, such as affordable and suitable housing, accessible schools and play spaces, and an overall attitude shift about the place of families in downtown Toronto.

scholarly journals An approach to mathematical models as a tool for water and air quality management

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 304-314
Author(s):  
D.R. Khanna ◽  
R. Bhutiani ◽  
Neetu Saxena
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Water Quality Management ◽  
Ultimate Objective ◽  
Intended Use

Interactions between mathematical and biological sciences have been increasing rapidly in recent years. The use of system analysis and mathematical model for formulation and solving the environmental pollution is of relatively recent vintage and has been used widely since last three decades. These models can be used to conduct numerical experiments, test hypothesis and help to understand the response of environmental pollution. A mathematical model acts as a bridge between study of mathematics and application of mathematics in environmentand other fields. Modeling is an abstraction of reality and its ultimate objective is to explore the complexity of functions and structure of the system under study. Today, a wide variety of models belonging to different nature and category are available to understand the processes of the environment around us. Various models such as WASP, CE-QUAL-ICM, QUAL W2, AQUATOX, QUAL2K, IITAQ, PEARL, GRAM, UGEM, and IITLT etc. related to water and air quality are developed so far along with their principles, intended use and applications. These models generally simulate the basic physical, chemical and biological processes. In the present study, an attempt has been made to evaluate the concept and utilization of mathematical models in air and water quality management.

scholarly journals Investigating Air Quality and Air-related Complaints in the City of Tshwane, South Africa

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Wright ◽  
M.A Oosthuizen ◽  
J Mostert ◽  
L Van Niekerk3
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality Management ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

To determine the impact of implemented air quality interventions beyond ambient air pollution reductions, indicators need to be identified and appropriate health data need to be routinely collected to track airrelated health. Presently, the only regulated environmental health performance indicator routinely collected as part of air quality management is the air-related complaint lodged by the public. Here, five years of air-related complaints (n = 875) made by residents in the City of Tshwane (Pretoria, Gauteng)were analysed and considered in relation to ambient SO and PM concentrations monitored at 2 10 permanent air quality monitoring stations. When considering exceedances of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, there were 17 complaint days with either an SO or PM daily average concentration 2 10 exceedance. However, it was very difficult to make meaningful conclusions about the relation between ambient AQ and air-related complaints given social, economic and data challenges and constraints. There is a real need to have local, air-related health data, for example, upper and lower respiratory tract infections, asthma, etc, generated at clinics and hospitals delivered directly and on an on-going, continuously updated basis to those responsible for implementation of air quality management plans.

scholarly journals Analysis of Differences in the Choice of the Economic Value of Urban Trees in Madrid When Displayed in Situ and in Photographs

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 311
Author(s):  
Claudia García-Ventura ◽  
Alfonso Bermejo ◽  
Concepción González-García ◽  
M. Ángeles Grande-Ortíz ◽  
Esperanza Ayuga-Téllez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Urban Trees ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Method ◽  
Ornamental Trees ◽  
The City ◽  
Larger Sample

The determination of an asset’s economic value has always been an important step in improving its management. The Madrid Region legislated the application of the first version of the Norma Granada as a method of appraising ornamental trees. However, the trees in the city of Madrid are only assessed in terms of ecosystem services (i-Tree Eco). A photograph of the asset to be appraised is often used in studies on the valuation of publicly-owned socio-environmental assets such as trees or landscapes. As a tree’s value is very closely linked to its size and to a number of features that can be seen through direct observation of the specimen, it is important to verify the validity of photographs as a method for obtaining the public’s opinion. This work presents a comparison between the valuations chosen by members of the public when observing the tree in situ and in a photograph. The aim is to verify the validity of photographs for their application to a larger sample and to understand qualitatively how citizens assess the trees in a city. The following appraisal methods were used: the American method, Council of Tree Landscape Appraisers (CTLA), Norma Granada and the Burnley method. The survey consisted of ten specimens from ten different species, and ten surveys were taken for each stem, making a total of 100 for each tree species and 1000 surveys in all. The surveys were done randomly and individually. Each interviewed chose one of the three values they were shown when observing the specimen in the photograph and in situ; 84% of the 1000 surveys gave as a result the same value choice when looking at the specimen on site and seeing it in a photograph.

scholarly journals Building Cities for Families: Attracting and Retaining Households

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nechama Hirchberg
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Downtown Area ◽  
Households With Children ◽  
Attitude Shift ◽  
The City

Planning for sustainable cities means creating complete communities with increased residential densities, housing choices, and services that attract a diversity of populations at all stages of their life. This exploratory study identifies the challenges that discourage households with children from moving to the downtown area and explores the public and private initiatives and strategies that can be used to attract and retain such families in downtown neighbourhoods by providing required infrastructure, amenities, and services. Data shows that households with children are underrepresented in downtown Toronto compared to the rest of the city. This exploratory study identifies the factors that the downtown area needs to provide long-term options for households with children, such as affordable and suitable housing, accessible schools and play spaces, and an overall attitude shift about the place of families in downtown Toronto.

scholarly journals An Overview of Experiences Made and Tools Used to Inform the Public on Ambient Air Quality

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1524
Author(s):  
Alessandra Fino ◽  
Francesca Vichi ◽  
Cristina Leonardi ◽  
Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Air Quality Management ◽  
Ambient Air Quality ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status

Legislative regulations on atmospheric pollution have been established in different parts of the world for addressing air quality management. An important public commitment, common among all nations, is to ensure environmental safety and health protection, particularly for the most fragile population groups. Each country has its own rules and practices to provide adequate and timely information on ambient air quality. Information is given either through easily accessible media, including websites and apps, or by traditional means of telecommunication. An air quality index (AQI) is definitely a valuable tool for disseminating data on the main regulated pollutants and represents a readable indicator of the prevailing situation of air quality in the area. Several calculating expressions were formulated to combine, in a unique value, different parameters, and a few methods were created to determine and compare different AQIs. This paper gives almost a global overview of approaches and tools used to inform the public about the status of the ambient air quality. Different AQIs are analyzed to contribute to the sharing of air quality management practices and information to raise public awareness and to help policymakers to act accordingly.

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