Giving parks back to people: a transportation study of New Orleans City Park with implications for improving public health

Park planning, once at the root of the profession during the nineteenth century, can again provide cities with a means to improve public health through restricting access to automobiles. This intercept study, conducted in New Orleans City Park, found that two-thirds of users support weekend street closures to automobiles. Widespread support (63%) exists even among the 72% of people who arrived by automobile. This study also found measurable stated benefits from restricting car access. For more than 53% of the sample that stated that they would walk more in a car-free zone, respondents noted that they would walk nearly 30?min more per month. These findings suggest that planners and policy-makers have a cost-effective option to improve cities and public health – taming the automobile in urban parks.     

Dispersion in Urban Environments; Comparison of Field Measurements with Wind Tunnel Results

A wind tunnel study was performed to determine the dispersion characteristics of vehicle exhaust gases within the urban canopy layer. The results were compared with those from a field monitoring station located in a street canyon with heavy traffic load. The agreement found was fair. In the second part of the paper it is shown how wind tunnel data can be utilized to supplement and thereby enhance the value of field data for model validation purposes. Uncertainty ranges were quantified which are inherent to mean concentration values measured in urban streets.     

贵阳市冬季地表灰尘重金属含量动态变化及原因探析

本研究以贵阳市冬季地表灰尘和家庭燃煤为研究对象,分析了贵阳市冬季不同时段地表灰尘重金属含量的动态变化,以及家庭燃煤取暖排放的煤灰与煤尘对环境中重金属的排放影响.结果表明:贵阳市冬季前后不同时段地表灰尘重金属含量的动态变化规律为:As含量在初冬和晚冬时段均大于初春,Cu和Pb含量表现为晚冬初春初冬,Cd、Ni、Zn在3个时段的含量变化不大;冬季地表灰尘中Cd、Cu、Zn、Pb累积较重;燃煤中元素As、Cd、Pb、Zn主要富集于煤尘中,Ni、Cu则主要富集于煤灰中.贵阳市地表灰尘在晚冬、初春时段,细粒级灰尘所占质量占比明显高于初冬,而且晚冬灰尘中粗粒级所占质量比最低,3个时段中,晚冬时段灰尘中大部分重金属含量随粒级减小而增大的特征表现得最明显.家庭燃煤排放对地表灰尘中的As、Pb含量有一定的影响.     

泉州市街道灰尘中重金属来源分析

用ICP-MS测定了泉州市不同功能区街道灰尘中11种重金属元素(Cr、Fe、Mn、Ni、Cu、Zn、Cd、Sb、Pb、Bi、Co)的含量。结果表明,上述元素的平均含量均高于当地土壤背景值,尤以Zn、Cd、Sb、Pb富集较严重。多元统计分析(相关分析、因子分析、聚类分析)结果显示,泉州市街道灰尘中上述重金属来源可分为三大类:Cu、Pb、Sb、Cd、Bi主要来自机械加工和交通污染;Mn、Zn主要来自农药喷洒和生活污染;Fe、Cr、Ni、Co则主要来自钢铁工业污染和自然源。     

煤炭资源型城市街尘重金属污染特征及其生态风险——以宿州市为例

为了解煤炭资源型城市宿州市街尘重金属污染特征和生态风险,对23个采样点进行了12个月的连续采样。利用X射线荧光光谱分析仪对采集到的276个街尘样品进行了Cr、Cu、Mn、Pb、V和Zn等重金属含量检测。结果表明:Cr、Cu、Mn、Pb、V和Zn均值含量分别为112.9、27.5、410.3、45.2、75.6和225.3 mg/kg,除Mn和V外,其他四种重金属均超过土壤背景值。地累积指数评价结果表明,Cu、Mn和V无污染,而Cr和Pb为无污染至中度污染,Zn为中度污染。6种重金属各月份的污染负荷指数介于1~2之间,污染等级为无污染至中度污染。尽管单个重金属及6种重金属联合所致的潜在生态风险均为轻微生态风险等级,但空间分析结果表明,潜在生态风险指数的高值区一般多分布在人为活动较频繁的地段,说明重金属含量及其生态风险明显受人为活动影响。同时,风向风速对街尘重金属含量和时空变化也有重要影响。     

Rayleigh波在饱和半空间中凹陷地形周围的散射

饱和场地中波的传播同单相介质情况具有显著的差异。基于Biot固液两相介质理论,采用间接边界积分方程法,求解了Rayleigh波在饱和半空间中凹陷地形周围的二维散射问题。由分布在凹陷表面附近的虚拟波源构造散射波场,由边界条件确定虚拟波源的密度。总波场由自由波场和散射波场叠加而得。通过详细的参数分析,研究了入射波频率、边界渗透条件、孔隙率、凹陷形状等因素对Rayleigh波散射的影响,得出了一些有益的结论。     

北京市城乡环境梯度下街尘中重金属污染特征

街尘是引起城镇面源污染分布最为广泛、最重要的污染物载体.以城乡环境梯度为出发点,以北京地区的中心城区-城中村-郊区区县-乡镇-农村村庄的街尘为研究对象,并对街尘的粒径进行分级,分析城乡环境梯度下街尘的单位面积质量、粒径组成的分异规律和街尘的重金属含量及赋存形态,揭示城乡环境梯度对街尘及其负载的中重金属污染的影响和街尘中重金属污染的粒径效应,以期为我国城市化进程中街尘的源头控制和分层次管理提供科学依据.结果表明,街尘中Cr、Cu、Ni、Pb、Zn这5种重金属浓度以中心城区最高,农村村庄最低,单位面积街尘量则相反.街尘中Ni、Pb、Zn的弱酸可提取态比例较高(19.1%、11.1%、34.8%),Cr和Cu则相对较低(3.7%、2.1%).粒径<105μm街尘对重金属总量的贡献率(32.4%～62.4%)要大于其所占总质量比例(22.9%～49.6%).对重金属污染在不同城乡环境梯度可采取不同的控制策略:中心城区和郊区区县可加强细粒径冲刷的关注,而农村村庄和城中村则需加强环境卫生管理与改善道路清扫方式和频率.     

Comparison of Numerical Street Dispersion Models with Results from Wind Tunnel and Field Measurements

Numerical dispersion models developed and validated in different European countries were applied to data sets from wind tunnel and field measurements. The comparison includes the Danish Operational Street Pollution Model (OSPM) and the microscale flow and dispersion model MISKAM. The latter is recommended for application in built-up areas in the draft of the new German guideline VDI 3782/8. In a first step the models were applied to simplified street configurations. Different parameters as length and height of adjacent buildings and the angle of the incoming flow were varied. The results were compared to recent wind tunnel measurements. In a second step the models were applied to two extensively investigated field data sets from Jagtvej, Copenhagen and G ttinger Straße, Hannover. Intensified and more transparent and accessible validation procedures would be helpful for the thorough user.     

街道峡谷对近地层风场影响的观测和模拟分析

城市街道峡谷结构对近地面边界层的风场环流等气象要素具有重要影响,可导致城市局地空气污染分布发生变化.随着城市化发展及城市空气质量变化,街道峡谷的城市空气污染影响日益突出,分析街道峡谷内部风场成为认识和治理我国城市空气污染的一条重要途径.鉴于目前我国鲜有城市街道尺度大气边界层精细气象观测研究,本文分析了美国俄克拉荷马大学的街道峡谷精细气象观测数据及其FLUENT模拟.结果表明:街道峡谷内风场结构变化依赖大气背景风向,当背景风向平行于街道峡谷走向时,街谷两岸风速几乎没有差异,而在背景风向垂直于街道峡谷走向时,由于高空风进入街谷形成的涡旋气流对街道峡谷风场有补充作用,峡谷两侧中层高度风场差异变大,风速差值大约为0.5 m·s~(-1),且街道峡谷两岸风速差异得到了FLUENT模式的验证,但模式对迎风岸的风速模拟存在高估,模拟的中层高度处两岸风速差值为1.6 m·s~(-1).观测资料分析揭示大气边界层稳定度条件对街道峡谷内风场分布也有很大影响,中性稳定条件下街道峡谷两岸近地层风速差异最大,输送进入峡谷空间的风速增量比原峡谷内风速大约高1倍,其它稳定度条件下街谷两岸风速差异被削弱.     

上海市街道尘埃中碳组分污染特征

通过测定上海市街道尘埃碳组分含量,探讨有机碳（OC）和元素碳（EC）的相关性,并使用特征比值法讨论街道尘埃的主要污染来源;同时,对比分析了街道尘埃磁学参数与碳组分含量的关系.结果表明,OC、EC具有较好的相关性,相关系数为0.84,表明颗粒物存在相同的污染源;OC/EC为1.82,表明上海市街道尘埃存在二次污染,结合SEM形貌分析判别上海市颗粒物污染的主要来源;同时碳组分与磁学参数存在一定的相关关系,磁学参数（χ_LF、SIRM、χ_ARM）在一定程度上可以指示上海市街道尘埃的碳组分含量及其二次污染水平.