Title : Health and environmental risks to cities
Abstract:
This paper aims to undertake some considerations concerning the triangle climate change, environmental risks and health problems, where it will be emphasizing the relationship between environmental and their possible impacts on human health. The economic models adopted have not considered health and environment as a priority, perpetuating some inadequate productive processes that cause avoidable damage to human health and the environment. At the same time, production processes with complex technological risks, incorporating nuclear, chemical and biological technologies, coexist.
Unsustainable development patterns have been favoring environmental degradation that also affects quality of life, and the state of health, through significant changes in the natural environment and destruction of diverse ecosystems, leading to changes in the distribution patterns of diseases and in the health conditions of different population groups. Whereas environmental chemistry focuses on the effects of polluting chemicals on nature, green chemistry focuses on technological approaches to prevent pollution and reduce the consumption of non-renewable resources. The generated knowledge in Green Chemistry linking with the SymbioCity approach (pioneer in Sweden urban neighborhoods and already used in other parts of the world), multidisciplinary, with the intention of making an analysis with the various perspectives in order to identify synergies between the different aspects in an integrated planning framework. The integrated plan contemplated indicators such as: land use, soil pollution, energy, water and sewage, garbage, building material, transportation, noise, and green areas. A process based on transparency and openness that makes possible to manage institutional barriers or conflicts of interest with the purpose to improve health, safety, comfort and quality of life for poor people living in urban areas, to address urban challenges related to sustainability and resilience.
Linked with knowledge generated in Green Chemistry can help society to acquire a change in habits and behavior, because it can promote the clarification of how certain products and attitudes offer more risks to nature than others.
Audience Take Away:
- This vision provides the possibility of an intervention, since it acts in various areas such as health, education, income, community organization, among others, and how these interconnected dimensions can lead to the ecological sustainability of vulnerable communities
- It will help the audience to have an interdisciplinary view and articulate several areas of knowledge in favor of green chemistry emphasizing its use and application
- Yes, it can be reproduced and applied
- Yes, based on the above we believe that it may be part of the solution to some problems
