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Homework 1

1. What is the main purpose of environmental health assessment?

environmental health assessment is a tool which is used for decision making in order to analyse environmental issues and model those factors which affect the human health. in other words environmental assessment talks about actions and decisions that required to be done by decision makers to carry out the appropriate scientific knowledge and has got the a big impact on the environment health.

2. What is pragmatism?

is an idea which is used in environmental health risk assessment to merge the knowledge, innovation and practice according to people' thoughts and ideas in order to decide what actions have to be taken. in fact it is one part of the social process to use the knowledge in our everyday life. --# : Good interpretation of the concept in the context of environmental health assessment/policy. More generally pragmatism, means that knowledge and action can not be separated from each other. --Mikko Pohjola 11:15, 28 January 2013 (EET)

7. What is impact assessment?

evaluation of all environmental factors that can have a big impact on the environment as well as living creatures and vegetation called impact assessment. in this topic social as well as economic factors must be taken into account. when some projects are about to be implemented decision makers and environmentalist must consider these factors to make sure that there is no threat for human and environment health and for society. --# : In principle, impact assessments can look at any kinds of impacts. It is the problem at hand that determines, which impacts, e.g. health, environment, economic, are of interest. There are specific approaches developed to health, environmental and other impact assessment, but in principle the basic idea is usually the same. --Mikko Pohjola 11:15, 28 January 2013 (EET)

←# : Good answers. --Mikko Pohjola 11:15, 28 January 2013 (EET)

Homework 2: Are the methods and solutions which are used for Kuopio climate change by 2020 sufficient to challenge against possible climate change and reduce them to the safe level and if not what other methods required to be taken into account because at the moment 13 coal sites still active in Finland?

Homework 3

... User:Adnank

Scope:

To reduce the emissions by minimizing the use of fossil fuels by adopting to Wind energy.

Question

How can we obtain the efficient amount of energy for kuopio from wind power ?

--# : You can leave the alternatives open and go for any emission reduction techniques. But then the scope of your assessment is very large and it will be difficult to leave anything out, causing a lot of work. --Jouni 06:55, 21 January 2013 (EET)--# : We have improved our scope and question --Soroushm 11:06, 1 February 2013 (EET)

Intended use and users

1. City of kuopio

2. Stakeholders

3. Citizens of kuopio

4. Energy companies

It is important for people of kuopio to know about ongoing project in their city for public. also city of kuopio requires to know the information regarding the use of the energy sources because they need to invest money and satisfy the public. participation

←# : Awareness of people about the assessment is an important point. --Jouni 06:55, 21 January 2013 (EET)

Participants

1. University of Eastern Finland

2. Citizens

3. Energies companies

4. Adnan and Soroush

Scenarios

• Public opinion

• Public awareness regarding efficient use of energy

• Wind mills can be installed in the open fields

• Can be install on the hill side

Analyses

There are some statistical programs like R-tool and SPSS are used to get good information.

--# : The question here is, what statistical analyses you will do with your data, not what software you will use. --Jouni 06:55, 21 January 2013 (EET)

Answer

Results

By adopting to wind energy, we can minimize the use of fossil fuels and reduce emissions up to ........

⇤# : The results are not known before the assessment is done. You can describe here, what kind of results you expect. --Jouni 06:55, 21 January 2013 (EET)--# : We have changed our results --Soroushm 11:06, 1 February 2013 (EET)

Conclusion

By using renewable energy sources like wind energy, the amount of emissions and use of fossil fuels can be reduced.

Rationale

Endpoints

1. Health impacts

2. Environmental impacts

3. Cost

⇤# : These are not endpoints. Endpoints are things that the decision maker is interested in, such as health impacts, costs, and GHG emissions. Also, "Endpoints" is about how to compare these things. --Jouni 06:55, 21 January 2013 (EET)--# : End points corrected --Soroushm 11:06, 1 February 2013 (EET)

What are the endpoints that a stakeholder is interested in? How would the stakeholder summarise the endpoints to derive an overall preference ranking for outcomes of decision options? Think about this separately for each stakeholder. stakeholders interested in reduction of the emissions because the physical and mental well being of the city will be increased.

Variables

• Cost
• Emissions
• Health impacts
• Environmental impacts

--# : It's a good start, but try to be more specific and comprehensive. --Jouni 06:55, 21 January 2013 (EET)

What emissions and exposures should be considered?

• Traffic emissions
• Emissions from industries
• Emissions from construction sites and burning activities

What health endpoints should be considered?

• lung cancer

• Terminal disease

• Asthma

• Eye irritation

What exposure-response functions should be considered?

Noise from wind turbine should be taken into account.

--# : How would you use the safe level in an assessment? --Jouni 06:55, 21 January 2013 (EET)

What population subgroups should be considered?

Public opinion should be taken before installing a wind milll in some area

--# : What about other groups, such as the whole population? --Jouni 06:55, 21 January 2013 (EET)

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