Category: Air Quality
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ChiVes Data Collaborative: Uncovering the Nature of Chicago’s Environment
Chicago’s urban environment has profound impacts on the health of communities and individuals. A handful of key metrics―tree cover, air pollution estimates, heat island effects, traffic volumes, and social vulnerability index― help to reveal where in the city people face particular challenges as we work towards a healthier Chicago. With an eye toward the sustainable…
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Investigating Particulate Matter Hotspots with Low-Cost Sensors
By Anastasia Montgomery, PhD Candidate, Northwestern University Anastasia is a PhD Candidate at Northwestern University in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Her research focuses on the interplay between air quality and climate change, integrating data science principles to analyze observational and simulated datasets. HEROP was thrilled to collaborate with Anastasia this summer this…
Healthy Regions & Policies Lab 