This project addresses franchised bus emissions and their impact on disadvantaged communities in Hong Kong. Using interviews, literature reviews, and data analysis, it was found that franchised bus emissions contribute significantly to roadside pollution on main roads in Hong Kong. A modified Social Deprivation Index (mSDI) was also designed, and analysis of this showed a statistically significant (p < 0.05) relationship between high roadside air pollution and social deprivation in the districts of Wan Chai, Central/Western, and Yau Tsim Mong.

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Creator

• Fitts, Ted William
• Schaeffer, John N.
• Akhmetova, Assel Baurzhanovna

Subject

• Environment
• Community
• Health
• Sustainability
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030411-010031

关键词

• Local transit
• Air--Pollution

Advisor

• Hou, Zhikun
• Kinicki, Robert

Year

• 2011

Center

• Hong Kong, China Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Hong Kong Institute of Education

Date created

• 2011-03-04

地点

• Hong Kong

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright