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Arehna Workshop Health and Mobility Kos, 3-5 May, 2003 Health and Mobility in Flanders (Belgium)

Arehna Workshop Health and Mobility Kos, 3-5 May, 2003 Health and Mobility in Flanders (Belgium). Pascal Lammar and Luc Hens Human Ecology Department Vrije Universiteit Brussel Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium [T] +32-2-477.42.81 [F] +32-2-477.49.64 [E] human.ecology@vub.ac.be

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Arehna Workshop Health and Mobility Kos, 3-5 May, 2003 Health and Mobility in Flanders (Belgium)

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  1. Arehna WorkshopHealth and MobilityKos, 3-5 May, 2003Health and Mobility in Flanders (Belgium) • Pascal Lammar and Luc Hens • Human Ecology Department • Vrije Universiteit Brussel • Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium • [T] +32-2-477.42.81 [F] +32-2-477.49.64 • [E] human.ecology@vub.ac.be • [W] http://www.vub.ac.be/MEKO

  2. Flanders (Belgium) • General characteristics : • Flanders = Northern Belgium • Population: 5 952 552 inhabitants • Population density: 440 persons/km2 • Surface area: 13 522 km2 • Road density: 5020 m/km2 • Railway density: 127 m/km2 • Waterway density: 80 m/km2

  3. Environmental pressures (1) • Trend % change emissions (1990-2000) • 1. Greenhouse gases CO2 +13 (total) •  +24 (traffic) • CH4  -2 (total) •  +29 (traffic) • N2O  +8 (total) •  +163 (traffic)

  4. Environmental pressures (2) • Trend % Period • change emissions • 2. Acidification SO2  -54 (total) 1990-2001 • NOx  -4 (total) 1990-2001 • Total acidifying emissions  -36 (total) 1990-2001 •  -1 (traffic) 1990-2001 • 3. Ground-level ozone O3  +4/year 1991-2000 (background concentration)

  5. Environmental pressures (3) • Trend % Period • change emissions • 4. VOC Benzene  -50 1994-2000 • 5. PAH BaP  1990-2000 • Total PAH  -40 1990-2000

  6. Environmental pressures (4) • Trend % Period • of seriously affected people • 6. Noise Road traffic  +3 1996-2001 • Air traffic  -54 1996-2001 • Railway traffic  0 1990-2001

  7. Health effects (1) • Pollutant Health effect Health impact in Flanders • Benzene cancer (leukaemia) 36 extra leukaemia cases a year • BaP cancer 7 extra cancer deaths a year • Ozone (O3) mortality 900 extra deaths a year • hospital admissions 800 a year • asthma attacks 1 million a year • symptom days 24 million a year

  8. Health effects (2) • Pollutant Health effect Health impact in Flanders • PM10 mortality at least 1095 extra deaths a year • life years lost one healthy life year a person is lost at lifetime exposure • Noise potential awakenings 2 129 000 a night • potentially seriously > 1 000 000 people affected people (mental health effects, possibly increased blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases)

  9. Health effects (3) • Pollutant Health effect Health impact in Flanders • PM10, NO2 Chronic mortality 11 900 lost life yearsand SO2 • Heart failure 260 cases • Chronic bronchitis 1300 cases • Lower respiratory complaints 140 000 cases • Coughing 302 000 cases • Restricted activity 1 346 000 days

  10. Most important health challenges • 1. Particulate matter (PM10) concentrations • 2. Regional ozone concentrations (summer smog) • 3. Noise

  11. Arehna WorkshopHealth and MobilityKos, 3-5 May, 2003Health and Mobility in Flanders (Belgium) Pascal Lammar and Luc Hens Human Ecology Department Vrije Universiteit Brussel Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium [T] +32-2-477.42.81 [F] +32-2-477.49.64 [E] human.ecology@vub.ac.be [W] http://www.vub.ac.be/MEKO

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