D4.4 / D4.5
Local Partner Awareness Activities
Partner: Shanxi Academy for Environmental Planning (SAEP)
Author：Li Xiaolu
Date：12 December 2014
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Work Package 4
Deliverables D4.4 & D4.5
Version V03
Version Date Author Comments
01 8 September Lisa Blyth Transfer of inputs from Li Xiaolu 2014 02 28 October Lisa Blyth Added questionnaire analysis 2014 03 12 December Lisa Blyth Updated section 2 based on input from 2014 Li Xiaolu
Corresponding address:
Li Xiaolu
Shanxi Academy of Environmental Planning
No.6 Taoyuan Street, Yingze District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, P.R.China
Phone: 0351-5605695 (8995)
Email: [email protected]
Project Co-ordinator Deputy Co-ordinator
Lisa Blyth Lei Yu Project Co-ordinator Assistant Director Atmospheric Modeling Group, VITO Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning Mol, Belgium Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R.China Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: (+32-14) 33 67 57 Tel (+86-10)84949507-801 www.ecegp.com
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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ______5 2. THE TAIYUAN ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BUREAU (TEPB) AQ PUBLIC INFORMATION WEBSITE ______6 2.1 Information Disclosure ______6 3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION EVENTS ______11 3.1 Event1 –“Raise your voice, and declare war against pollution" AirINFORM"6.5 environment day" Taiyuan University of Technology campus public welfare activities ___ 11 3.2 Event 2 –“Raise your voice, and declare war against pollution" AirINFORM"6.5 environment day" Taiyuan University of Science and Technology campus public welfare activities ______11 3.3 Event 3 –Exhibition of AirINFORM progaganda video in malls ______14 3.4 Event 4 –questionnaire survey activities in shopping malls______16 3.5 Event 5 –Questionnaire survey activities in residential communities ______16 3.6 Conclusions of Events 1 & 2: Investigation Report of Taiyuan Environment Air Quality Information ______18 4. ARTICLES ______37 4.1 Article 1 –Shanxi Daily: Sino - EU Air Quality Improvement Technology Forum was held in Taiyuan ______37 4.2 Article 2 –Shanxi science and technology news: Sino - EU Air Quality Improvement Technology Forum was held in Taiyuan ______37 4.3 Article 3 – Shanxi daily: SAEP held a series of promotional activities for environmental protection______38 4.4 Article 4 – Shanxi science and technology news: "6.5 world environment day" campus public welfare activities was held by SAEP ______39 4.5 Article 5 – – Shanxi Academy Environmental Protection Website Article: "6.5 world environment day" public welfare activities ______39 4.6 Article 6 – Shanxi Academy Environmental Protection Website Article: EU Air Quality Improvement Technology Forum was held in Taiyuan ______39
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List of Figures
Figure 1: Screenshot of the Taiyuan Environment Protection Bureau (TEPB) Public Website 6 Figure 2: Screenshot of the Taiyuan Environment Protection Bureau (TEPB) Public Air Quality Information Page ______7 Figure 3: Ambient air quality monitoring data in real-time (per hour): From the beginning of July 2012, Interval: 1______8 Figure 4 Taiyuan six urban ambient air quality daily results on website (6 districts) ______9 Figure 5 Taiyuan Environmental Protection Agency Newspaper July 2010: Information of the Monthly air quality for Taiyuan: overall rating, the primary pollutant, AQI index and comparison with last year ______9 Figure 6 "National Air Quality" mobile publishing platform publishing environment air quality information by Ministry of Environmental Protection ______10 Figure 7: Volunteers in Taiyuan University of Science and Technology College participate in campus public welfare activity ______12 Figure 8: Project participants demonstrate environmental protection knowledge for students in Taiyuan University of Science and Technology College ______13 Figure 9: Propaganda video of AirINFORM was played in shopping malls ______14 Figure 10: Propaganda poster of activity in shopping malls ______15 Figure 11: The AirINFORM Questionnaire ______17 Figure 12 Questionnaire survey activities in residential communities: 6 August 2014 _____ 44 Figure 13: questionnaire survey activities in shopping malls ______45 Figure 14: Pictures of Display Banners ______48
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List of Acronyms
AQ Air Quality AQI Air Quality Index (New Chinese version) CAEP Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning EGP Environmental Governance Programme (EU-China) EPB Environmental Protection Bureau EU European Union PM2.5 Particulate Matter (<2.5µm) SAEP Shanxi Academy for Environmental Planning Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek N.V. (Flemish VITO Institute for Technological Research)
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1. INTRODUCTION
One of the objectives of the AirINFORM project is to ensure that the recently improved Air Quality (hereafter: AQ) information generated by the partners is communicated to the public in an effective, interpretable and visual way. This is being done through dedicated awareness campaigns in each pilot city.
The awareness events may be split into 2 groups as follows:
1. Public Awareness Events 2. Articles in local/regional newspapers or relevant scientific publications
This report contains an overview of the awareness campaign activities carried out by Shanxi Academy for Environmental Planning ((hereafter: SAEP) during the AirINFORM project.
Firstly in the next chapter we first present an overview of the current Taiyuan Environment Protection Bureau (hereafter: TEPB) public information website and also a brief overview of the other channels used to disseminate air quality information to the public.
The public participation events and some key findings are listed in chapter 3. In chapter 4 the articles are presented.
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2. THE TAIYUAN ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BUREAU (TEPB) AQ PUBLIC
INFORMATION WEBSITE
Figure 1: Screenshot of the Taiyuan Environment Protection Bureau (TEPB) Public Website
2.1 Information Disclosure When heavy pollution weather occurs, timely relevant information is sent to the public through radio, television, networks, newspaper, other media and mobile phones. Information disclosure is provided on the primary pollutants, the range, duration, potentially affected areas and details of mitigation measures that have been taken
The published information should be accurate, objective and true. No data should be released unverified or unsubstantiated.
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Here’s a list of the public disclosure channels with some examples:
1. Taiyuan Environment Protection Bureau website: Real-time ambient air quality monitoring data for Taiyuan is published from the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) monitoring network platform. All the national monitoring points of the monitoring program are displayed to the public.
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Figure 2: Screenshot of the Taiyuan Environment Protection Bureau (TEPB) Public Air Quality Information Page
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Figure 3: Ambient air quality monitoring data in real-time (per hour): From the beginning of July 2012, Interval: 1
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Figure 4 Taiyuan six urban ambient air quality daily results on website (6 districts)
2. TV
3. Newspaper (Monthly, weekly)
Articles are published when there is a particular piece of news as shown by the examples hereunder.
Figure 5 Taiyuan Environmental Protection Agency Newspaper July 2010: Information of the Monthly air quality for Taiyuan: overall rating, the primary pollutant, AQI index and comparison with last year
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4. Apps or message
Figure 6 "National Air Quality" mobile publishing platform publishing environment air quality information by Ministry of Environmental Protection
5. Activities organized by the Local Government
Air quality information is also disseminated to the public through various activities organised by the government. For example during the annual Environment Day on June 5th. For the AirINFORM project an intensive period of activities were organised as described in the next chapter.
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3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION EVENTS
3.1 Event1 –“Raise your voice, and declare war against pollution" AirINFORM"6.5 environment day" Taiyuan University of Technology campus public welfare activities In order to further enhance the public's awareness of environmental protection, advocate the whole society to participate in environmental protection act, with the support of AirINFORM Program and recruitment the campus environment protection volunteers, SAEP held the “Raise your voice, and declare war against pollution" AirINFORM"6.5 environment day" public welfare activity in Taiyuan University of Technology on June 5th.
The theme of this activity is “Raise your voice to wage war on pollution”. SAEP workers for
AirINFORM program made popular science propaganda poster of PM2.5 to educate public how to avoid of haze pollution. And survey on environmental air quality information and subjective feelings of air pollution were carried by the questionnaire. Participants signature on the banner with “Raise your voice to wage war on pollution”, which represent their active participation. The activity is of great significance to identify the public's demand, and to promote common action of the whole society.
And more than 20 College student volunteers joined us. Through the activities we finished about 300 questionnaires. Questionnaire investigation object is mainly on students, teachers and nearby residents, etc.
The activity was held on the 5th June 2014 in Taiyuan University of Technology.
More photos of the event is attached in Annex 1
3.2 Event 2 –“Raise your voice, and declare war against pollution" AirINFORM"6.5 environment day" Taiyuan University of Science and Technology campus public welfare activities In order to further enhance the public's awareness of environmental protection, advocate the whole society to participate in environmental protection act, with the support of AirINFORM Program SAEP held the “Raise your voice, and declare war against pollution" AirINFORM"6.5 environment day" public welfare activity in Taiyuan University of Technology on June 5th .And recruitment about 20 campus environment protection volunteers before the activity.
The theme of this activity is “Raise your voice to wage war on pollution”. SAEP workers for
AirINFORM program made popular science propaganda poster of PM2.5 to educate public how to avoid of haze pollution. And survey on environmental air quality information and subjective 11 Local Partner Awareness Activities
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feelings of air pollution were carried by the questionnaire. Participants signed the banner, as a demonstration of their their active participation. The activity is of great significance to identify the public's demand, and to promote common action of the whole society.
And more than 20 College student volunteers joined us. Through the activities we finished about 250 questionnaires. Questionnaire investigation object is mainly on students, teachers and nearby residents, etc.
The activity was held on the 5th June 2014 in Taiyuan University of Science and Technology.
More photos of the event is attached Annex 2
Figure 7: Volunteers in Taiyuan University of Science and Technology College participate in campus public welfare activity
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Figure 8: Project participants demonstrate environmental protection knowledge for students in Taiyuan University of Science and Technology College
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3.3 Event 3 –Exhibition of AirINFORM progaganda video in malls The activity of “Exhibition of AirINFORM propaganda video in malls” was held by SAEP on "6.5 World Environment Day". The activity contains video exhibition and environmental protection knowledge popularization.
This activity is designed to promote environmental protection knowledge to the public through propaganda and exhibition, especially haze prevention and public health protection knowledge. The purpose of the activity is to raise public awareness of air environmental protection, to identify public's demand, and to promote common action of the whole society.
The subject of this activity mainly includes department store employees and customers, etc.
The activity was held on the 5th June 2014 in malls at Taiyuan.
More photos of the event is attached Annex 3
Figure 9: Propaganda video of AirINFORM was played in shopping malls
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Figure 10: Propaganda poster of activity in shopping malls
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3.4 Event 4 –questionnaire survey activities in shopping malls
Questionnaire survey activities in the major shopping malls in Taiyuan are implemented.
100 survey questionnaires were collected during the activity. From communication with the public we can find public perception, satisfaction degree and the concern level of air quality. Public demands and the main problems could be identified through the analysis of the questionnaire item by item in the subsequent work, which could provide references for environmental management and solve environmental problems related to the vital interests of the public.
The subject of this activity mainly includes department store employees, customers, and the passers-by, etc.
The activity was held on the 6th June 2014 in malls at Taiyuan.
Photos of the event is attached Annex 4
3.5 Event 5 –Questionnaire survey activities in residential communities
Questionnaire survey activities in residential communities in Taiyuan are implemented.
50 survey questionnaires were collected during the activity. From communication with the public we can find public perception, satisfaction degree and the concern level of air quality. Public demands and the main problems could be identified through the analysis of the questionnaire item by item in the subsequent work, which could provide references for environmental management and solve environmental problems related to the vital interests of the public.
The subject of activity mainly includes community residents, and etc.
The activity was held on the 6th August 2014 in residential community at Taiyuan.
Photos of the event is attached Annex 5
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Figure 11: The AirINFORM Questionnaire
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3.6 Conclusions of Events 1 & 2: Investigation Report of Taiyuan Environment Air Quality Information This investigation counts this conclusion by college students, who have high knowledge level, accept new things more quickly and focus on environment protection, at the same time conducts the investigation with a small amount of other social groups. The places of investigation are chose in Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, markets, a residential area in Yingze District and etc., in which systematic investigation is went on to students, teachers, people in surround area, consumers and staffs in markets and the people in residential area.
I Objective of Investigation
1. Public satisfaction to the air quality of Taiyuan
2. Public attention to hazy weather and PM2.5
3. The ways that the public get environmental information.
II Result of Investigation
This investigation has issued 570 questionnaires and taken back 554, in which valid questionnaires have 537: Taiyuan University of Technology has 286; Taiyuan University of Science and Technology has 186; electronics stores have 52; residential area has 12.
III Result Analysis of the Questionnaires
1. Basic Information of Respondents
(1) Age and Gender
Age Distribution
Options <25 25-35 35-50 >50
Numbers of people 415 87 28 7 proportion 77.24% 16.19% 5.25% 1.31%
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Gender Distribution
Options Male Female
Numbers of people 310 227 proportion 57.76% 42.24%
(2) Your education background:
A. Uneducated B. Primary school C. Middle school D. High middle school/technical secondary school E. College/junior college F. Graduate
Options A B C D E F
Numbers of people 0 1 13 40 420 62 proportion 0.00% 0.20% 2.43% 7.51% 78.30% 11.56%
(3) Your position (status) is:
A. Staffs of business and office B. Staffs of enterprise C. Self-employed businessman D. Farmer E. Unemployed person F. Emeritus and retired, housewife G. Teacher H. Student I. Other
Options A B C D E F G H I
Numbers 14 29 9 3 4 8 2 447 21 of people proportion 2.63% 5.45% 1.62% 0.61% 0.81% 1.41% 0.40% 83.23% 3.84%
(4) Your personal monthly income of 2003
A. Lower than ￥1000 B. ￥1001-2000 C.￥2001-4000 D.￥4001-8000 E. Higher than ￥ 8000
Options A B C D E
Numbers of people 411 72 44 9 1 proportion 76.63% 13.41% 8.13% 1.63% 0.2%
The questionnaire is mainly in Taiyuan University of Technology and Taiyuan University of Science and Technology and focuses on the group of college students, so more than 70% of
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2. Content of Investigation
(1) Are you satisfied with the air quality of Taiyuan City? ( )
A. Very dissatisfied B. Dissatisfied C. satisfied D. Very satisfied
Options A B C D
Numbers of people 62 312 150 8 proportion 11.65% 58.65% 28.20% 1.50%
Very satisfied 8 number of people
satisfied 150
Dissatisfied 312
Very dissatisfied 62
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
The investigation result shows that number of people dissatisfied and very dissatisfied with the air quality of Taiyuan City respectively accounts for 58.65% and 11.65%, the sum of two (that is to says number of people dissatisfied with the air quality of Taiyuan City) ups to 70%, from which we can know the air quality of Taiyuan City needs to be improved imminently to improve environment satisfaction.
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(2) Which urban district does your residential area belong to? ( )
A. Jiancaoping District B. Xinhualing District C. Wanbailin District D. Yingze District
E. Xiaodian District F. Jinyuan District
Options A B C D E F
Numbers of people 22 40 410 38 18 3 proportion 4.14% 7.53% 77.21% 7.16% 3.39% 0.56%
The investigation result shows: 77.21% of the respondents of investigation focus on Wanbailin District because the questionnaire investigation is mainly conducted in Taiyuan University of Technology and Taiyuan University of Science and Technology and both of them belong to Wanbailin District.
(3) How do you think of the air quality around your residential area? ( )
A. Very bad B. Bad C. Good D. Very good
Options A B C D
Numbers of people 32 209 271 16 proportion 6.06% 39.58% 51.33% 3.03%
300 100 number ratio 271 250 80
209
200
60 ） ）
150 %
40 （
100 ratio number number of people 20 50 32 16 0 0 Very bad Bad Good Very good
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(4) Do you pay close attention to the urban air quality? ( )
A. Very much B. Ordinary C. Seldom
Options A B C
Numbers of people 165 317 46 proportion 31.25% 60.04% 8.71%
Seldom 8,71% Very much 31,25%
Ordinary 60,04%
The investigation result shows: The serious hazy problem in recent years causes extensive attention of the public to environment quality, therein 31.25% pays close attention to the urban air quality, 60.04% pays ordinary attention to the urban air quality of city, and however 8.71% doesn’t concern the urban air quality.
(5) How do you know the information about urban air quality? ( )
A. Internet B. Through TV C. Broadcast D. Paper E. Professional book
F. Telephone G. Other people H. Other ways, please list
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Options A B C D E F G H
Numbers of people 320 190 107 72 40 166 23 2
34.78 20.65 proportion 11.63% 7.83% 4.35% 18.04% 2.50% 0.22% % %
350 320
300 number of people
250 190 200 166
150 107 100 72 40 50 23 2 0 Internet TV Broadcast Paper Professional Telephone Other Other book people ways
The investigation result shows: The main three channels that the public know the information of city air quality information are internet, TV and telephone, and the proportion are respectively 34.78%, 20.65%, 18.04, in which most of the information of air quality known by telephone is transferred by telephone internet information or relevant telephone software.. Therefore, the popularization of urban environmental air quality information and other aspects can have an emphasis to carry out information dissemination in future.
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(6) Can you get environmental air quality information of our city timely? ( )
A. Update very fast, get information timely B. Update generally C. Update slowly
D. No update
Options A B C D
Numbers of people 129 312 59 23 proportion 24.67% 59.66% 11.28% 4.40%
No update 4% Update slowly 11% Update very fast, get information timely 25%
Update generally 60%
The investigation result shows: 25% of the residents in Taiyuan think that environmental air quality information of Taiyuan is updated quickly and can get information timely, while 60% of the residents consider that environmental air quality information of Taiyuan is updated generally. In the investigation we find that still there are many residents who don’t know how to get the information of local environmental air quality, so future work is to strengthen popularization and publicity.
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(7) What information of air pollution do you want to get? ( )
A. Main pollutant B. The harm of pollution on human body C. Continuous time of pollution
D. The solutions can be adopted
Options A B C D
Numbers of people 156 368 102 109 proportion 21.22% 50.07% 13.88% 14.83%
The solutions can be adopted 109 number of people
Continuous time of pollution 102
The harm of pollution on human body 368
Main pollutant 156
0 100 200 300 400
The investigation result shows: The residents in Taiyuan concern most about the information of air pollution is its harm on human body, which shows that nowadays with the improvement of living standards, residents pay more attention to health; of course, residents pay certain attention to the types of main pollutant, continuous time of pollution and the solutions can be adopted.
(8) Many cities have appeared haze across the nation; do you know the concept of PM2.5?
A. Know B. Don’t know C. Know it is related to air, but don’t know the details
Options A B C
Numbers of people 231 103 167 proportion 46.11% 20.56% 33.33%
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Know it is related to air, but don’t know the details Know 33,33% 46,11%
Don’t know 20,56%
The investigation result shows: 46.11% of the residents know PM2.5very well; however there are still 54% who know a little or don’t know which shows that the work of popularization and publicity doesn’t do well and needs to strengthen further.
(9) How do you feel to the hazy weather? ( )
A. Very disgusted B. Slight disgusted C. No feeling
Options A B C
Numbers of people 266 228 40 proportion 49.81% 42.70% 7.49%
No feeling 7% Very disgusted Slight 50% disgusted 43%
The investigation result shows: 50% of the residents are very disgusted with hazy weather, 43% are slight disgusted, while there are still 7% have no feeling to hazy weather, which shows that the hazy weather has a great important on the lives of residents and also reflects the burning desire of residents to improve hazy weather at present.
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(10) What aspects do you feel discomforted? ( )
A. View B. Nasopharynx C. Mood D. Others, such as
Options A B C D
Numbers of people 148 348 239 7 proportion 19.95% 46.90% 32.21% 0.94%
Others 7 number of people
Mood 239
Nasopharynx 348
View 148
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
The chart shows that the influence of hazy reflects on the aspect of nasopharynx because the principal composition of the haze is suspended particles that can enter into nasal passages and throat causing discomforted; at the same time, the large scale influence of haze can affect residents’ mood and view when go out, which results in great inconvenience to the lives of residents.
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(11) Which way will you adopt to prevent hazy weather? ( )
A. Wear masks B. Close clearstory C. Reduce trips D. Install air cleaner E. Others
Options A B C D E
Numbers of people 194 151 309 48 3 proportion 27.52% 21.42% 43.83% 6.81% 0.43%
350 number of people 309 300
250 194 200 151 150
100 48 50 3 0 Wear masks Close Reduce trips Install air Others clearstory cleaner
The investigation result shows: At present, the residents mainly adopt three ways (reduce trip, wear masks and close clearstory) to prevent the influence of hazy weather. Because of high price and use-cost of air cleaner, less air cleaners are installed. So we need strengthen technology research and development and reduce the cost of air cleaner to popularize the use of air cleaner.
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12. What do you think can affect the urban air quality? ( )
A. Industrial waste gas B. Automobile exhaust C. Waste incineration D. Roadside barbecue and other catering industry E. Ground dust F. Coal heating G. Other
Options A B C D E F G
Numbers of people 312 354 207 135 122 91 2 proportion 25.51% 28.95% 16.93% 11.04% 9.98% 7.44% 0.16%
400 354 number of people 312
300
207 200 135 122 91 100
2 0 Industrial Automobile Waste Roadside Ground dust Coal heating Other waste gas exhaust incineration barbecue and other catering industry
The investigation result shows: The residents consider that the main factors affecting urban air quality are automobile exhaust and industrial waste gas, and then are the waste incineration, roadside barbecue and other catering industry, ground dust, coal heating and etc. The government administration should make relevant measures combined with investigation results and resource analytical results to control the air quality in future.
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(13) Do you think how to improve the air quality from your opinion? ( )
A. Reduce private cars B. Plant more trees C. Green travel D. Save electricity
E. Others
Options A B C D E
Numbers of people 160 332 274 77 1 proportion 18.96% 39.34% 32.46% 9.12% 0.12%
Others 1 number of people Save electricity 77
Green travel 274
Plant more trees 332
Reduce private cars 160
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
The investigation result shows: The most effective measures to improve urban air quality from personal view are to plant more trees and green travel. We can improve the urban air quality by the trees (they have purification for environmental air quality) and green travel (It can reduce the discharge of automobile exhaust).
(14) Compared with the past years, what do you think of the air quality of our city? ( )
A. Have been improved to some extent B. No difference C. Worse and worse
Options A B C
Numbers of people 242 171 115 proportion 45.83% 32.39% 21.78%
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Worse and worse 21,78% Have been improved to some extent 45,83% No difference 32,39%
The investigation result shows: 46% of the residents think that the air quality of our city has been improved to some extent which is in line with environmental air quality status of Taiyuan, while because of extensive influence of haze in recent years, environmental air quality has declined.
(15) Does the current urban construction (such as, building construction and road construction) have a great impact on air quality from your opinion? Are you the residents around the construction sites? ( )
A. Great influence B. Influence only around the construction site C. No influence
Options A B C
Numbers of people 318 187 22 proportion 60.34% 35.48% 4.17%
The investigation result shows: 60% of the residents consider that current urban construction (such as, building construction and road construction) has a great influence on air quality, while 36% think that current urban construction (such as, building construction and road construction) only has influence on the air quality around the construction sites.
(16) How would you rate the control of dust from building and road construction sites by Taiyuan? ( )
A. Very bad B. Not very well C. Not bad D. Very well
Options A B C D
Numbers of people 84 279 141 17
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Very well 3% Very bad 16% Not bad 27%
Not very well 54%
The investigation result shows: 16% of the residents consider the control of dust from building and road construction is very bad and 54% think it is not done very well. Thus that is to say 70% of the residents aren’t satisfied with the control by Taiyuan on the dust caused by sites and road construction. This has a great influence on life, so we should strengthen the control to dust during the process of construction in future.
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(17) How many cars does your family own? ( )
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2-3
Options A B C
Numbers of people 296 207 29 proportion 55.64% 38.91% 5.45%
The investigation result shows: 56% of the families have no car because most of the respondents are college students, so it can’t reflect the quantity of private cars owned by the families in Taiyuan accurately.
(18) Do you eat roadside barbecue? ( )
A. Frequently, good taste B. Occasionally, burning smoke pollute environment
C. Rarely, consider the existence of health and safety hazards D. Never, affect health and environment
Options A B C D
Numbers of people 77 207 169 69 proportion 14.75% 39.66% 32.38% 13.22%
300 100 number ratio 250 80 207 200
169 60
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40 （ 100 77 69 ratio 20
50 number of people of number 0 0 Frequently, good Occasionally, Rarely, consider the Never, affect health taste burning smoke existence of health and environment pollute environment and safety hazards
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(19) What do you think of the guiding function of media to know the air quality? ( )
A. Misguidance B. Barely C. Just a little D. Great
Options A B C D
Numbers of people 54 149 258 64 proportion 10.29% 28.38% 49.14% 12.19%
Great Misguidance 12,19% 10,29%
Barely 28,38%
Just a little 49,14%
The investigation result shows: 10% of the residents consider that the media has a misguidance to know air quality, 29% think that the media has no guiding function, 49% consider that the media has a little guiding function to know air quality, while only 12% think that the media has a great guiding function to know air quality. It tells us that the media has no guiding function and we should strengthen the guiding function of the media from two aspects: first we should improve guiding correctness; second we should strengthen the guiding function of the media to popularize guiding channels of media for residents.
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(20) Is the air quality data published by our city in line with your intuitive feelings from your opinion? ( )
A. Basic unanimously B. There are differences occasionally C. There are differences frequently D. Very different from feelings
Options A B C D
Numbers of people 108 382 106 49 proportion 16.74% 59.22% 16.43% 7.60%
Very different from Basic There are feelings unanimousl differences 8% y frequently 17% 16%
There are differences occasionally 59%
The chart shows that: 59% of the residents consider that there are differences between the air quality data published by our city and intuitive feelings occasionally, 16% of the residents consider that there are differences between the air quality data published by our city and intuitive feelings frequently, 8% of the residents think that the air quality data published by our city is very different from intuitive feelings, while only 17% of the residents think that the air quality data published by our city is in line with intuitive feelings, so the government should strengthen the accuracy of the air quality data published in the management work and castigate the false publication of data.
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Ⅳ Investigation Conclusions
◆70% of the residents isn’t satisfied with the environmental air quality in Taiyuan, therefore nowadays the environmental air quality needs to be improved urgently.
◆ The prominent hazy problem in recent years causes extensive concern of the public on environmental air quality, and the residents in Taiyuan concern most is the harm of pollutant son the human body. The main three ways that the public know the information of air quality are internet, TV and telephone, the total proportion has reached 73.5%; the main influence of hazy weather on the residents is on the aspect of nasopharynx; the residents mainly adopt three ways (reduce trip, wear masks and close clearstory) to prevent the influence of hazy weather
◆ The main two factors (affect urban air quality) the residents consider are automobile exhaust and industrial waste gas. The powerful measures to improve urban air quality are to plant trees and green travel.
◆ At present, Taiyuan urban construction (such as, building construction and road construction) has a great influence on air quality. 70% of the residents aren’t satisfied with the measures and effectiveness of sites dust control, we should strengthen the control of construction dust.
◆ The media should play a guiding role for the residents to learn about the air quality and strengthen the guiding function of media from two aspects: Firstly we should improve the correctness of information published; second we should strengthen and popularize channels of information distribution of media. There is a little of differences between the air quality data published by Taiyuan and the intuitive feelings of residents, so the government should strengthen the supervision of the air quality data published in the management work and castigate the false publication of data.
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4. ARTICLES
4.1 Article 1 –Shanxi Daily: Sino - EU Air Quality Improvement Technology Forum was held in Taiyuan
4.2 Article 2 –Shanxi science and technology news: Sino - EU Air Quality Improvement Technology Forum was held in Taiyuan
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4.3 Article 3 – Shanxi daily: SAEP held a series of promotional activities for environmental protection
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4.4 Article 4 – Shanxi science and technology news: "6.5 world environment day" campus public welfare activities was held by SAEP
4.5 Article 5 – – Shanxi Academy Environmental Protection Website Article: "6.5 world environment day" public welfare activities
The article published on the site http://www.sxaep.org.cn/ArticleInfo.aspx?ArticleId=1419&itemID=2&moduleID=9
SAEP held "6.5 world environment day" public welfare activities 4.6 Article 6 – Shanxi Academy Environmental Protection Website Article: EU Air Quality Improvement Technology Forum was held in Taiyuan
The article published on the site http://www.sxaep.org.cn/ArticleInfo.aspx?ArticleId=1417&itemID=2&moduleID=9
EU Air Quality Improvement Technology Forum was held in Taiyuan
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ANNEX 1 Pictures of Events “Raise your voice, and declare war against pollution" AirINFORM"6.5 environment day" Taiyuan University of Technology campus public welfare activities
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ANNEX 3 Pictures of Questionnaire campaign
Figure 12 Questionnaire survey activities in residential communities: 6 August 2014
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Figure 13: questionnaire survey activities in shopping malls
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Annex 4: Pictures of Display Banners
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Figure 14: Pictures of Display Banners
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References
AirINFORM full application, March 2012, EU-China Environmental Governance Programme (BGUE-B2011-19.100101-C1-DEVCO, Reference: EuropeAid/132-005/L/ACT/CN), Improving AQ information systems and communication and awareness tools in pilot cities of China to enhance public access to environmental information and environmental governance (AirINFORM)
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