Urban Development - Planning and Environmental Issues

Urban development encroaches upon the health and welfare of children. Air pollution from increased traffic and industry impacts the welfare of children. Development of oil and gas adjacent to or under homes, schools, day cares, playgrounds, parks, hospitals presents problems for city planners, neighborhoods and school districts. This site is designed as a resource for law makers, activists, and urban planners to utilize in weighing the true cost of some developmental plans on the health and welfare of vulnerable populations.

Many of the same pollutants found in traffic are emitted by natural gas production and transmission

We are including studies on childhood respiratory impairment from traffic to help planners consider the impact of pollution on children when making transportation plans and energy development/transmission plans. Methane, CO2 and other petroleum related air pollutants which have been detected and tracked in the traffic studies are the same gases and particulants which are elevated around some natural gas pipelines and natural gas production sites near homes, schools, playgrounds and parks. As industrial production and transmission of natural gas has encroaches upon neighborhoods, we believe that some of the findings in the traffic studies are worthy of further investigation and evaluation by urban planner permitting new gas wells and pipelines and inspectors overseeing such development.
Studies show that children living near high-traffic corridors have 10% less lung capacity over their lifetime than those living away from heavy traffic.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Urban Air Pollution and Persistent Early Life Asthma

EPA Grant Number: R831861
Center: USC Center for Children’s Environmental Health
Center Director: Gilliland, Frank
Title: Children’s Environmental Health Center
Investigators: Gilliland, Frank, Kiros Berhane, http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.investigatorInfo/investigator/8325,Diaz-Sanchez, David , Dubeau, Louis , Froines, John R. , Gauderman, William , Gong, Henry ,Hricko, Andrea , Kuenzli, Nino , Linn, William S. , Lurmann, Fred , McConnell, Rob , Peters, John M.
Current Investigators: Gilliland, Frank , Diaz-Sanchez, David , Froines, John R. , Gong, Henry ,McConnell, Rob
Institution : University of Southern California , University of California - Los AngelesCurrent Institution : University of Southern California
EPA Project Officer : Fields, Nigel
Project Period: April 1, 2004 through March 31, 2009
Project Amount: $7,181,692
RFA: Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research (2003)Research Category: Health Effects , Children's Health


EPA Grant Number: R831861C001
Subproject: this is subproject number 001 , established and managed by the Center Director under grant R831861
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: USC Center for Children’s Environmental Health
Center Director:
Title: Urban Air Pollution and Persistent Early Life Asthma
Investigators: Gilliland, Frank
Institution : University of Southern California
EPA Project Officer : Fields, Nigel
Project Period: November 1, 2003 through October 31, 2008
RFA: Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research (2003)
Research Category: Children's Health , Health Effects
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