South Bronx Environmental Health and Policy Study Brochure

This is a general brochure describing the project and its participants.

The brochure is available on-line at: http://www.icisnyu.org/admin/files/SouthBronxBrochure.pdf

Wagner/ICIS South Bronx Environmental Health and Policy Study Phase I Report

The Wagner/ICIS South Bronx Environmental Health and Policy Study Phase I Report was completed in September, 2002. The report includes a description of data gathered and analyzed on the demographic characteristics of the study area, transportation, waste transfer activities, ambient air quality, and water quality. In addition, the report includes a review of the literature on the association between asthma and air pollution. The report includes chapters on:

• Demographic characteristics of the study area
• Waste transfer stations in the South Bronx
• Transportation and traffic in the study area
• Air quality in the South Bronx
• Asthma and air pollution - literature review
• Water quality in the South Bronx watershed

The full Phase I report is available on-line at: http://www.icisnyu.org/admin/files/PhaseIWagner930.pdf .

Wagner/ICIS South Bronx Environmental Health and Policy Study Phase II and III Report

The Wagner/ICIS South Bronx Environmental Health and Policy Study Phase II and III Report was completed in December, 2004. The report includes more detailed analyses of transportation and air quality in the study area. In addition, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are introduced as a tool to analyze demographic data and to carry out an environmental justice analysis. The report ends with a general discussion of some preliminary policy recommendations based on this work. A future Phase 4 report will include a more detailed discussion of policy recommendations based on ongoing research. The Phase II and III Report is divided into the following sections:

1. Introduction
2. Air quality in the South Bronx : Comparing ground-level measurements of air pollutants with data from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation monitoring network
3. Transportation and air quality modeling
4. Waste transfer scenario analyses using transportation and air quality modeling
5. Environmental justice analyses
Policy recommendations and conclusions

The full Phase II and III report is available on-line at: http://www.icisnyu.org/admin/files/ICISPhaseIIandIIIreport.pdf .