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A political ecology of scale in urban air pollution monitoring
Author(s) -
Buzzelli Michael
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
transactions of the institute of british geographers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.196
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1475-5661
pISSN - 0020-2754
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00316.x
Subject(s) - political ecology , air pollution , politics , urban ecology , scale (ratio) , spatial ecology , ecology , geography , human geography , pollution , corporate governance , environmental planning , environmental resource management , environmental science , political science , economic geography , urbanization , economics , biology , cartography , finance , law
Recent developments in air pollution epidemiology are generating new data on human air pollution exposure and health effects in the city. Based on regression mapping or land use regression (LUR), these data also provide a new window on the urban political ecology of scale. Air pollution itself is understudied in the emergent urban political ecology literature and in this case it is aided by – indeed must rely upon – GIS/spatial analysis. A case study of Vancouver illustrates the scalar contradictions in regulatory versus LUR measurements and estimates leading us finally to consider the wider implications for urban political ecology and environmental governance.