Woudenberg, Benedikt van (2021) Air quality and children’s well-being in an urban context: The influence of green climate adaptive measures on urban air qualities and children’s health and well-being. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Air pollution and green climate adaptive measures gain importance among urban planners, as extreme weather events and the (air) quality of the urban areas become one of the key topics for a healthy urban society, for especially children. Children are often seen as the most vulnerable group in society, therefore children’s needs must be integrated into the planing process of urban areas. This study researches the effects of green climate adaptive measures in urban areas with its main focus on the impact of green climate adaptive measures on the air quality and how children can profit most from those green areas. It is looked at how children can profit in their physical health and mental health as well as how their well-being correlates with the availability of green spaces. A mixed method approach has been performed to get insights from all angle. First a qualitative analysis has been applied followed by a case specific GIS analysis for the city of Groningen. The main findings are that there is a clear ration between green climate adaptive measures and air quality and more over that there is a clear relationship between children’s physical and mental health as well as an improved general well-being can be found. Based on the results urban green climate adaptive measures, especially in areas close to schools, kindergartens, need to increasingly promoted by planners as well as incentives to support green climate adaptive measures need to be implemented by governmental organizations. In addition the results illustrate that Groningen already takes action, with regard to climate adaptive measures and their positive influences.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Niekerk, F. |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2022 15:06 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 15:06 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3783 |
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