Wiki source code of Toxic air and inequality in a London borough
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| 9 | Air pollution and decarbonisation | ||
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| 19 | Toxic air and inequality in a London borough | ||
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| 21 | [[https:~~/~~/earlychildhoodmatters.online/2021/toxic-air-and-inequality-in-a-london-borough/>>url:https://earlychildhoodmatters.online/2021/toxic-air-and-inequality-in-a-london-borough/]] | ||
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| 24 | Location, Description of intervention/project | ||
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| 26 | London, Lewisham | ||
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| 29 | Geographical scale of the project | ||
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| 31 | Street level air pollution data/neighbourhood level data | ||
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| 36 | Recent research shows that 25% of UK pupils attend schools where air pollution is over the World Health Organization’s limit, and the problem is most severe in London (Earthsense, 2021; Global Action Plan, 2021). But within a city, there is often a significant difference in pollution levels from one street to the next. | ||
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| 41 | research on air quality and health | ||
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| 46 | * street-level maps of air pollution and other kinds of environmental stressors (Centric Lab, a public health research organisation in London, produces). | ||
| 47 | * levels of deprivation | ||
| 48 | * numbers of residents aged 5 years and younger | ||
| 49 | * location of services. | ||
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| 52 | Diversity dimension and findings | ||
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| 54 | The overlapping air pollution and deprivation and age data | ||
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| 57 | Result summary | ||
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| 59 | Overlaying information helped create a better understanding and enable a more nuanced evaluation of the neighbourhood in terms of urban health with a focus on young children. The maps revealed that a large number of early years providers and primary schools are in highly polluted areas, illustrating the unequal distribution of exposure to pollutants, a concept described by the Centric Lab as “biological inequality”. | ||
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| 66 | * The consideration in method to combine multiple indicators | ||
| 67 | * The overlapping air pollution and deprivation and age data | ||
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