Human Dimensions of Air Quality: Introduction to the Special Issue

Poor ambient air quality is one of today's greatest environmental health risks. However, unlike water, wildland fire, or wildlife, comparatively less human dimensions scholarship has focused on air resources. The papers in this special issue highlight how people across varying cultures, geograp...

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Published inSociety & natural resources Vol. 36; no. 9; pp. 1020 - 1027
Main Authors Zajchowski, Chris A. B., Koenigstorfer, Joerg, Mostafanezhad, Mary
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Routledge 02.09.2023
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Air
Air pollution
Air quality
Environmental health
environmental justice
Health risks
human dimensions
social science
Water pollution
Wildfires
Wildlife
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Summary:Poor ambient air quality is one of today's greatest environmental health risks. However, unlike water, wildland fire, or wildlife, comparatively less human dimensions scholarship has focused on air resources. The papers in this special issue highlight how people across varying cultures, geographies, and identities create and relate to varying air quality conditions. In doing so, the issue challenges dominant perspectives of air pollution as a purely material entity and argues for the need to attend to the socio-cultural and political dimensions that define, create, or mitigate poor air quality.
ISSN:0894-1920
1521-0723
DOI:10.1080/08941920.2023.2226628