Innovative solutions to air pollution
Co-created transdisciplinary approaches using methods such as interviews, storytelling, participatory mapping, theatre, playful activities and music can contribute to air pollution awareness and solutions to improved air quality. This approach accounts for local knowledge, cultural practices and priorities of the intended recipients of interventions, thereby making these interventions and respective air pollution abatement policies more effective and inclusive.
Classifications
Category
Communication et sensibilisation
Activités d'éducation, de formation et de renforcement des capacités
Moyens de subsistance durables
Scale of implementation
Local
Phase of solution
Phase de planification
Phase de démarrage
Facteurs de réussite
- Use of a mixture of qualitative, participatory and creative approaches to engage with a wide range of stakeholders can lead to an improved understanding of air pollution (and its effects on human and ecosystem health) and appropriateness of respective solutions
- Communication between affected communities and policymakers at equal and appreciative level
Enseignements tirés
- Contrasting definitions of air pollution
- Unexpected solutions to the problem
- Differing perceptions of who was responsible for enacting solutions
- Overall view that air pollution cannot be seen in isolation from other socio-environmental issues faced by settlement residents
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