Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3E5.
Sci Total Environ. 2013 Mar 15;448:189-96. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.096. Epub 2012 Oct 3.
This paper explores technologies currently expanding the physical scope of air pollution monitoring and their potential contributions to the assessment of sustainable development. This potential lies largely in the ability of these technologies to address issues typically on the fringe of the air pollution agenda. Air pollution monitoring tends to be primarily focused on human health, and largely neglects other aspects of sustainable development. Sensor networks, with their relatively inexpensive monitoring nodes, allow for monitoring with finer spatiotemporal resolution. This resolution can support more conclusive studies of air pollution's effect on socio-ecological justice and human quality of life. Satellite observation of air pollution allows for wider geographical scope, and in doing so can facilitate studies of air pollution's effects on natural capital and ecosystem resilience. Many air pollution-related aspects of the sustainability of development in human systems are not being given their due attention. Opportunities exist for air pollution monitoring to attend more to these issues. Improvements to the resolution and scale of monitoring make these opportunities realizable.
本文探讨了当前正在拓展空气污染监测物理范围的技术，以及它们对可持续发展评估的潜在贡献。这些技术的潜力主要在于它们解决通常处于空气污染议程边缘问题的能力。空气污染监测主要侧重于人类健康，而在很大程度上忽略了可持续发展的其他方面。具有相对廉价监测节点的传感器网络允许以更精细的时空分辨率进行监测。这种分辨率可以支持更有结论性的研究，了解空气污染对社会生态正义和人类生活质量的影响。对空气污染的卫星观测可以扩大地理范围，并在这样做的过程中促进对空气污染对自然资本和生态系统恢复力的影响的研究。在人类系统中，许多与发展可持续性相关的空气污染方面没有得到应有的重视。空气污染监测有机会更多地关注这些问题。监测分辨率和规模的提高使这些机会成为可能。
