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Supporting High School STEM Achievement and Environmental Justice Through Hyperlocal Air Quality Monitoring

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Year:
2023
Contributor:
Jayanthi, Srivasudha (creator)
Hastings, Meredith (thesis advisor)
Prilipko Huber, Olga (reader)
Brown University. Institute at Brown University for Environment and Society (IBES) (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Environmental education
community engagement
Environmental Justice
Communications
Breathe Providence
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Nitrogen Oxides (NOₓ)
Ozone (O3)
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Hyperlocal Air Quality Monitoring
Next Generation Science Standards
DEEPS CORES
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26300/6mpm-e064

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Abstract:
The City of Providence, Rhode Island, is home to multiple forms of injustice. One such example is the city’s alarming air pollution, which stems from Providence’s unique combination of topography, transportation patterns, and industrial activity. This pollution has devastating impacts on residents’ health and well-being, which are unevenly distributed among various demographic groups, and consequently the various neighborhoods of the city, with a disproportionate share of the environmental consequences borne by Providence’s already-overburdened communities: Black, Brown, Indigenous, and low-income families. The current government-operated air quality monitoring network does not adequately capture these disparities in pollution exposure, as documented extensively in community calls to action. Breathe Providence, a hyperlocal air quality monitoring project based out of Brown University, was created partially in response to these calls for a more comprehensive understanding of Providence’s air. The project aims to contribute to the body of work surrounding hyperlocal air monitoring while maintaining a focus on community priorities and working towards environmental justice in Providence.
Notes:
Senior thesis (ScB)--Brown University, 2023
Concentration: Environmental Science
Funding provided by Clean Air Fund

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Jayanthi, Srivasudha, "Supporting High School STEM Achievement and Environmental Justice Through Hyperlocal Air Quality Monitoring" (2023). Breathe Providence Digital Collection, Institute at Brown for Environment & Society Theses and Dissertations, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Theses and Dissertations. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/6mpm-e064

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