Abstract
Community-Based Evaluation of Air Pollutants Using GIS Track: Health and Human Services Author(s): Zeyuan Qiu, Keith Silverman Exposure to air pollutants may cause serious health effects. In this case-study, air dispersion modeling was used to spatially and temporally produce estimates of a community's exposure to air pollutants from 17 source facilities located in central New Jersey. The data from the air dispersion modeling was input into ArcGIS 9.1 and combined with publicly available geographic dataset layers such as roads, hydrology, and aerial photography. The air modeling data was comprised of discrete data points located at evenly spaced intervals throughout the study area. The ArcGIS extension, Spatial Analyst, was used to interpolate between the data points on this grid. The estimated exposures were analyzed spatially to evaluate the public health risk posed by the source facilities both individually and collectively. GIS proved to be a very powerful tool in evaluating the interaction between environmental pollution, community exposure, and public health. Zeyuan Qiu NJIT 2 Merck Drive WS2W-13 Whitehouse Station , NJ 08889 US Phone: 908-423-4102 E-mail: keith_silverman@merck.com Keith Silverman Merck & Co., Inc. 2 Merck Drive WS2W-13 Whitehouse Station , NJ 08889 US Phone: 908-423-4102 E-mail: keith_silverman@merck.com |
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