This paper develops methods for evaluating distributional impacts of alternative environmental policies across demographic groups. The income inequality literature provides a natural methodological toolbox for comparing distributions of environmental outcomes. We show that the most commonly used inequality indexes, such as the Atkinson index, have theoretical properties that make them inappropr...

background: survey of pollution and evaluation of water quality in rivers with oregon water quality index (owqi) and gis are effective tools for management of the impact of environmental water resources. the information in calculating the wqi of moradbeik river allowed us to take our tests results and make a scientific conclusion about the quality of water. gis can be a powerful tool for develo...

Express roads are a potential source of heavy metal contamination in the surrounding environment. The Warsaw Expressway (E30) is one of the busiest roads in the capital of Poland and cuts through the ecologically valuable area (Mazowiecki Natural Landscape Park). Soil samples were collected at distances of 0.5, 4.5 and 25 m from the expressway. The concentrations of cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), n...

Today, environmental impact associated with pollution treatment is a matter of great concern. A method is proposed for evaluating environmental risk associated with Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) applied to wastewater treatment. The method is based on the type of pollution (wastewater, solids, air or soil) and on materials and energy consumption. An Environmental Risk Index (E), constructe...

As PM2.5 affect human health, it is important to target tree planting in the role of reducing air pollution concentrations. PM2.5 capture capability of greening trees is associated with leaf morphology, while quantitative research is scanty. In this paper, the PM2.5 capture capability of 25 species in Beijing and Chongqing were examined by a chamber device. Groove proportion, leaf hair, stomata...

Trace metals (TMs) are still a serious problem in urban streams because of their toxicity and continuing significant levels in the aquatic environment, especially in bed sediments. Concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn were monitored in the sediments of several small streams in the Prague area. These streams differ in the main source of pollution (combined sewer overflow CSO, storm water ...

This paper presents an approach to the creation of an agent-based system for the assessment of environmental impact upon human health. As indicators of the environmental impact water pollution, indexes of traffic and industrial activity, wastes and solar radiation are assumed. And as human health indicator morbidity is taken. All the data comprise multiple heterogeneous data repositories. The s...

Environmental pollution has significantly influenced ecology and has thus become a global issue. To satisfy diverse market demands and to upgrade product competitiveness, companies have prioritized the production of green products. In the initial stage of new product production, companies need to evaluate green component suppliers for those that meet environmental requirements in product design...

kharg island as the most important oil export terminal of iran has faced entrance of various oilmaterials, so it seems necessary to know about the amount of these marine oil pollutants and their origin in this area. oil hydrocarbons has entered in this water body as a result of numerous human activities like extraction, refinement, transmission and export of raw oil or from natural and biologic...

Air quality monitoring in polluted environments is of great significance to human health. Traditional methods use various pieces meteorological equipment, which have limited applications complex terrains and high costs. In this paper, a novel idea put forward solve the problem air pollution urban areas. We investigate whether can be assessed visually by examining haziness photos from far distan...