TY - JOUR
T1 - Public participation GIS for improving wood burning emissions from residential heating and urban environmental management
AU - López-Aparicio, Susana
AU - Vogt, Matthias
AU - Schneider, Philipp
AU - Kahila-Tani, Maarit
AU - Broberg, Anna
PY - 2017/4/15
Y1 - 2017/4/15
N2 - A crowdsourcing study supported by a public participation GIS tool was designed and carried out in two Norwegian regions. The aim was to improve the knowledge about emissions from wood burning for residential heating in urban areas based on the collection of citizens’ localized insights. We focus on three main issues: 1) type of dwelling and residential heating source; 2) wood consumption and type of wood appliances; and 3) citizens’ perception of the urban environment. Our study shows the importance of wood burning for residential heating, and of the resulted particle emissions, in Norwegian urban areas. Citizens’ localized insights on environmental perception highlight the areas in the city that require particular attention as part of clean air strategies. Information about environmental perception is combined with existing environmental data showing certain correlation. The results support the urban environmental management based on co-benefit approaches, achieving several outcomes from a single policy measure. Measures to reduce urban air pollution will have a positive impact on the citizens’ environmental perception, and therefore on their quality of life, in addition to reducing the negative consequences of air pollution on human health. The characterization of residential heating by fuelwood is still a challenging activity. Our study shows the potential of a crowdsourcing method as means for bottom-up approaches designed to increase our knowledge on human activities at urban scale that result on emissions.
AB - A crowdsourcing study supported by a public participation GIS tool was designed and carried out in two Norwegian regions. The aim was to improve the knowledge about emissions from wood burning for residential heating in urban areas based on the collection of citizens’ localized insights. We focus on three main issues: 1) type of dwelling and residential heating source; 2) wood consumption and type of wood appliances; and 3) citizens’ perception of the urban environment. Our study shows the importance of wood burning for residential heating, and of the resulted particle emissions, in Norwegian urban areas. Citizens’ localized insights on environmental perception highlight the areas in the city that require particular attention as part of clean air strategies. Information about environmental perception is combined with existing environmental data showing certain correlation. The results support the urban environmental management based on co-benefit approaches, achieving several outcomes from a single policy measure. Measures to reduce urban air pollution will have a positive impact on the citizens’ environmental perception, and therefore on their quality of life, in addition to reducing the negative consequences of air pollution on human health. The characterization of residential heating by fuelwood is still a challenging activity. Our study shows the potential of a crowdsourcing method as means for bottom-up approaches designed to increase our knowledge on human activities at urban scale that result on emissions.
KW - Co-benefit
KW - Crowdsourcing
KW - Fuelwood
KW - Public participation GIS
KW - Urban emissions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85009230984&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.01.018
DO - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.01.018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85009230984
SN - 0301-4797
VL - 191
SP - 179
EP - 188
JO - Journal of Environmental Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Management
ER -