A GIS-based human health risk assessment for urban green space planning-An example from Grugliasco (Italy)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 5961-5970

  Poggio, Laura ^a   Vrščaj, Borut ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

GIS modelling; Human health risk; Soil contamination; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; GIS MODELLING; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN HEALTH RISK; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLICY MAKERS; RISK-BASED MANAGEMENTS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STUDY AREAS; TYPICAL URBAN; URBAN GREEN SPACES; URBAN LAND USE; URBAN SOILS;

CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; LAND USE; PARKS; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; URBAN PLANNING;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL;

GIS; GREENSPACE; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; LAND USE; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; ITALY; LAND USE; NATIONAL PARK; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; ITALY; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GRUGLIASCO; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; TURIN;

EID: 70349560211     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.08.026     Document Type: Article

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