64th ISI World Statistics Congress - Ottawa, Canada

64th ISI World Statistics Congress - Ottawa, Canada

Monitoring Berlin Environmental Justice

Conference

64th ISI World Statistics Congress - Ottawa, Canada

Format: CPS Poster

Keywords: berlin, environmental, spatial

Abstract

Berlin has a very good data base on the topics of social welfare, health, urban development and the environment, which are typically regarded on a topic-specific manner. The special feature of the topic of environmental justice lies in the overarching view of the overall situation. The aspects of environment and health are considered on a subject level and are more closely linked to urban development.
To measure environmental justice, existing sectoral data are evaluated and aggregated at a local level. These data sources include, for example, the Berlin Environmental Atlas, clean air and noise abatement planning, and the monitoring of social urban development. Special challenges have to be taken into account when combining these data sources: The sectoral data differ in their collection methodology, spatial depth, and periodicity. As the smallest regional unit of analysis for monitoring environmental justice, the so-called planning area was chosen as an administrative boundary from the Berlin-specific system of lifeworld-oriented spaces.
Life in the capital is shaped by a variety of environmental factors. On the one hand, there are stress factors such as pollutants, noise and high temperatures, which can have a negative impact on health. On the other hand, there are resources: green and open spaces, for example, improve physical and mental well-being and have a correspondingly positive effect on health. For the monitoring, four environmental factors - noise, air and thermal pollution and the supply of green spaces - are used as resources, and the fifth factor is the social situation in the neighborhoods.

The result of the analysis is a multiple exposure map formed by overlaying the five indicators. The maps identify multi-polluted areas and provide statistical evidence for the basic assumption of the environmental justice approach: a social problem density correlates with environmental and health problems. The core representation of the monitoring is the Berlin Environmental Justice Map, which summarizes the five core and selected supplementary indicators.