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Environ Pollut

Title:		Systems scale assessment of the sustainability implications of emerging green initiatives
Author(s):		Tiwary A; Namdeo A; Fuentes J; Dore A; Hu XM; Bell M;
Address:		"School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Cassie Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK. Electronic address: abhishek.tiwary@ncl.ac.uk"
Journal Title:		Environ Pollut
Year:		2013
Volume:		20130428
Issue:
Page Number:		213 - 223
DOI:		10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.049
ISSN/ISBN:		1873-6424 (Electronic) 0269-7491 (Linking)
Abstract:		"This paper demonstrates a systems framework for assessment of environmental impacts from 'green initiatives', through a case study of meso-scale, anthropogenic-biogenic interactions. The following cross-sectoral green initiatives, combining the emerging trends in the North East region of the United Kingdom, have been considered - increasing the vegetation cover; decarbonising road transport; decentralising energy production through biomass plants. Two future scenarios are assessed - Baseline_2020 (projected emissions from realisation of policy instruments); Aggressive_2020 (additional emissions from realisation of green initiatives). Resulting trends from the Aggressive_2020 scenario suggest an increase in emissions of pollutant precursors, including biogenic volatile organic compounds and nitrogen dioxide over the base case by up to 20% and 5% respectively. This has implications for enhanced daytime ozone and secondary aerosols formation by up to 15% and over 5% respectively. Associated land cover changes show marginal decrease of ambient temperature but modest reductions in ammonia and ambient particulates"
Keywords:		Air Pollutants/analysis Air Pollution/statistics & numerical data Biomass Conservation of Natural Resources/*methods *Environmental Monitoring Nitrogen Dioxide/analysis Ozone/analysis Plants United Kingdom Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis Air quality B;
Notes:		"MedlineTiwary, Abhishek Namdeo, Anil Fuentes, Jose Dore, Anthony Hu, Xiao-Ming Bell, Margaret eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2013/05/02 Environ Pollut. 2013 Dec; 183:213-23. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.049. Epub 2013 Apr 28"