📢 OUT NOW:
#CitiesOutlook2020
— our annual review of the state of urban Britain. This year's focus is on
#airpollution
🏙️💨Which cities are the most polluted? What are the health consequences?
Plus, what needs to change to clean up the air we breathe.
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Our research reveals that:
More than 1⃣ in 1⃣9⃣ deaths in UK cities and large towns are related to long-term exposure to air pollution
🏙️ Air quality and its effects are worse in cities
🔥 Sources vary between cities
😷 Air quality varies depending on where people live
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There is a geography to the problem 🗺️
The proportion of deaths related to PM2.5 is highest in cities and large towns in south eastern England such as Slough, Luton and London: 1⃣ in 1⃣6⃣
Cities in Scotland and the North see the smallest proportion of deaths: 1⃣ in 3⃣3⃣
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The sources of air pollution vary city-by-city
Road transport is just one of them ⛽️
In UK cities, around 5⃣0⃣% of PM2.5 emissions are actually caused by domestic combustion including wood and coal burning stoves 🏠
#CitiesOutlook2020
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The UK currently meets PM2.5 legal limits, but the pollutant kills thousands every year — 2⃣5⃣ times as many deaths as road traffic accidents.
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#CitiesOutlook2020
makes recommendations to cities and the Government to clean up the air we breath.
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Read the full report and see the city-by-city findings, plus all the latest available data and analysis of the UK's 6⃣3⃣ largest cities and towns across 1⃣7⃣ different indicators.
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@CentreforCities
Here’s our
#CleanAirinCities
app which calculates the toll for every local authority in England
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Oxford housing affordability ratio 17.2 (Av house price £501k, annual wage £29k). Housing stock up only 0.3% 2017-18. Cf Cambridge - for the third year the city with the highest growth in housing stock & 16% more homes than 2008.
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#Bournemouth
worst affected urban area in UK according to
@metoffice
records. Even if holes in data, pretty damning, and demanding action. Shopping
@Tesco
shows local demand for solid fuel.
@BCPCouncil
@vikki4mdnp
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Actually London is doing more than other cities and can teach us all. Tubes, busses, and Taxis are all fairly efficient.
The congestion zone and low carbon zones are good.
They need to double up but we need to catch up.
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