The paper outlines the background,
methodology and perspectives for an ongoing Danish PhD project
concerning exposure of the Danish population to traffic air
pollution. The objective of the research project is to develop a
model for population exposure to traffic induced air pollution in
Denmark in order to improve assessment of the health impacts of
traffic air pollution and the impact of various urban and traffic
control strategies to reduce the population's exposure to traffic
air pollution. Part of the project is to establish a population
exposure model for an urban environment as a case study. The
model will combine modelled air pollution data and population
data using a Geographic Information System (ArcView). The air
pollution will be modelled using the Danish Operational Street
Pollution Model (OSPM). A simple population dynamics model will
be established to model the number of people which simultaneously
are present at a given area during a given time period. The
project is a part of a PhD study funded by the Danish Transport
Council and the Danish Research Academy. The study is appointed
2.5 years and terminates June 1997.
Steen Solvang Jensen,
Danmarks Miljøundersøgelser (DMU), Afdelingen for Atmosfærisk
Miljø, DK-4000 Roskilde, E-mail: lussj@dmu.dk. (National Environmental Research Institute (NERI),
Department of Atmospheric Environment).
Befolkningseksponering, modellering, luftforurening, trafic, GIS
Population exposure, modelling, air pollution, traffic, GIS
Trafik og emissioner
1996