Environmental justice in the context of commuters’ exposure to CO and PM10 in Bangalore, India
Autor: | Sumeet Saksena, Peter G. Flachsbart, Ashwin Sabapathy |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Technology Epidemiology India Transportation Context (language use) Sample (statistics) Toxicology Young Adult Social Justice Air Pollution Surveys and Questionnaires Environmental health Manufacturing Manufacturing Industry Environmental monitoring Humans Particle Size Workplace Environmental justice Air Pollutants Carbon Monoxide Public economics business.industry Public sector Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Information technology Environmental Exposure Middle Aged Pollution Motor Vehicles Socioeconomic Factors Work (electrical) Female Particulate Matter business Environmental Monitoring |
Zdroj: | Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 25:200-207 |
ISSN: | 1559-064X 1559-0631 |
DOI: | 10.1038/jes.2014.34 |
Popis: | The Information Technology (IT) industry in the globalizing city of Bangalore has transformed the socio-economic characteristics of the city. The intent of this study, developed from an environmental justice framework, was to determine whether air pollutant exposure while commuting to and from work is related to a commuter's income characteristics and whether differences are larger for the IT economy when compared with a traditional manufacturing-oriented economy of the city. The study measured exposures to CO and PM10 using personal samplers for a sample of employees of a traditional public sector manufacturing industry (n=20) and an IT industry (n=26). This approach overcomes the methodological limitations of previous environmental justice studies. Socio-economic characteristics were obtained from a questionnaire-based survey of 436 employees in two firms. The results do not support the environmental justice hypothesis for commuting in Bangalore mainly because longer commuting times of higher-income groups offsets the benefits of lower pollutant concentrations. The study nevertheless demonstrates the use of personal exposure for environmental justice assessments. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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