Policy Modelling
The Measurement and Modelling working group focuses on developing and implementing protocols for measurement of urban environmental features and exposures, with a focus on air quality, noise, transportation mode and safety, and housing. In addition, the group works on acquiring data for modelling and on applying models to characterize baseline status of environmental exposures and the impacts of specific policy scenarios, to cities in the Pathways project. Using our collective experiences in London and Vancouver, work to date has largely focused on development of methods for air pollution, noise and transportation characterization in Accra which can then be applied in other Pathways cities where existing data are lacking.
Related Publications
The reversal of fortunes: trends in county mortality and cross-county mortality disparities in the United States Journal Article
In: PLoS Medicine, vol. 5, iss. 4, pp. e66, 2008.
Eight Americas: investigating mortality disparities across races, counties and race-counties in the United States Journal Article
In: PLoS Medicine, vol. 3, iss. 9, pp. e260, 2006.
Eight Americas: new perspectives on U.S. health disparities Journal Article
In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol. 29, iss. 5; supplement 1, pp. 4-10, 2005.
An analysis of the effects of speed limit enforcement cameras on accident rates Journal Article
In: Transportation Research Record, vol. 1830, iss. 1, pp. 25-34, 2003.
A microscopic model of air pollutant concentrations: comparison of simulated results with measured and macroscopic estimates Journal Article
In: Transportation Research Record, vol. 1750, iss. 1, pp. 64-73, 2001.