Modelling the Impact of the Proposed Newhurst Incinerator on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Urban Health Index (UHI) of Loughborough Town and Uni

模拟拟议的纽赫斯特焚烧厂对拉夫堡镇和大学世界卫生组织 (WHO) 城市健康指数 (UHI) 的影响

• 批准号: 2891122
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Loughborough University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2891122
• 关键词: Modelling; Impact; Proposed; Newhurst; Incinerator

Ambient air pollution accounts for an estimated 4.2 million deaths per year due to stroke, heart disease, lung cancer and chronic respiratory diseases (WHO, 2016). Around 91% of the world's population, in both developed and developing countries, lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits (WHO, 2016). The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has further highlighted specific, compound air-quality-health impacts, with analysis already demonstrating a strong correlation between pollution levels and COVID-19 transmission within London boroughs, and a strong association of the risk of COVID-19 fatality with NO2 and PM2.5 concentrations (Sasidharan et al., 2020). Against this general background, the town and university of Loughborough are poised for a potentially significant, near-future, step-change in air-quality drivers. Waste management companies Covanta and Biffa, together with Macquarie's Green Investment Group, have agreed a contract to build an "Energy from Waste Facility" (incinerator) between Shepshed and Loughborough, at the Newhurst Quarry site adjacent to Junction 23 of the M1. Objections to the development from Leicestershire County Council were overruled by the Secretary of State for Local Government and current projections indicate construction will commence in 2023. The aim of this studentship project is to evaluate the pre-incinerator urban health status of Loughborough as a control, against which the impact of incinerator emissions may be assessed through atmospheric dispersion modelling, thus generating a holistic assessment of any significant changes in the air quality and environmental health profile of this town. Community engagement will be achieved through dialogue with the Nanpantan Ward Residents' and Loughborough Air Quality Protection Groups, who in turn are in dialogue with borough and county councillors. We stress that the studentship project has no agenda for or against the Newhurst incinerator, but aims simply to evaluate the nature of its impact on the wider urban health of this location.

由于中风，心脏病，肺癌和慢性呼吸道疾病，环境空气污染估计每年估计每年420万人死亡（WHO，2016年）。在发达国家和发展中国家，世界上约有91％的人口生活在空气质量水平超过WHO限制的地方（Who，2016年）。 2020年的冠状病毒大流行进一步强调了具体的复合空气质量健康影响，分析已经证明了伦敦自治市镇内污染水平与19岁之间的COVID-19传播之间存在很强的相关性，以及COVID-19与NO2和PM2.5浓度的Covid-19死亡风险有很强的相关性（Sasidharan等人（Sasidharan等）（Sasidharan等）。在这一普遍背景下，拉夫堡大学有望在空中质量驾驶员中建立潜在的重要，近乎未来的阶级变化。废物管理公司Covanta和Biffa与Macquarie的绿色投资集团一起，同意在Shepshed和Loughborough之间建立“从废物设施中建立能源”的合同，该合同位于M1的Newhurst Quarry网站上。国务卿国务卿对雷斯特郡县议会提出的发展的异议被否决，目前的预测表明，建设将于2023年开始。该学生验证项目的目的是评估拉夫伯勒的排放前城市健康状况作为控制，以评估焚化官员的质量，因此可以评估良好的变化，从而对整体的质量进行评估，以构成大气层的质量，以使大气层的质量变化，使得大气层的变化构成了整体的变化。这个小镇。通过与南潘丹病房居民和拉夫堡空气质量保护小组对话，将实现社区参与，他们又与自治市镇和县议员进行对话。我们强调，该学生验证项目没有针对Newhurst焚化炉的议程，但仅仅是为了评估其对该地点更广泛城市健康的影响的性质。