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Health Assessment Refinement for Mitigating Noise and AIR quality Effects

Project description

Assessing air quality and noise impact on health

Air and noise pollution negatively impact human health, particularly in urban areas. Evaluating these effects can guide improved monitoring policies. The EU-funded HARMONIE project aims to enhance air pollution and noise monitoring, modelling, and forecasting. Specifically, it will evaluate health impacts on vulnerable populations and assess the long-term economic and sustainability effects of various policies. Operating in five pilot cities (Barakaldo, Barcelona, Gävle, Lausanne, and Sarajevo), the project will identify harmful variables and analyse health outcomes. A citizen-centric digital twin will visualise pollution hotspots and involve citizens through interactive platforms, facilitating scenario simulations for policymaking. The project will integrate its findings into city infrastructure to tackle barriers to zero-pollution initiatives.

Objective

The HARMONIE project takes a holistic approach to support informed policy- making by improving AP and noise monitoring, modeling, and forecasting as well as by providing tools to assess the health impact of actions on VP and the impact of actions in the long run on economy and sustainability of policies. The consortium will work in pilot cities to: 1) Enhance environmental monitoring and modelling by identifying key harmful variables. 2) Assess citizen exposure based on urban demographics, mobility, and vulnerability factors. 3) Evaluate health effects, both at the individual level (based on Digital Twin Lungs) and at the population level (computing mortality and morbidity). These components will be tested in real-world city scenarios, prioritizing pollution-abatement strategies. The methodology includes two key approaches:
● PILOTS: Data collection from Gävle (GAV), Sarajevo (SRJ), Lausanne (LAU), Barcelona (BCN) city and province, and Barakaldo (BRK), identifying vulnerable populations, monitoring pollutants (AQ & noise), and analyzing related health outcomes.
● DIGITAL TWIN: A Citizen-Centric Digital Twin (CCDT) will visualize pollution hotspots, engage citizens through interactive platforms, and integrate a social dynamics model to assess both health and healthcare system impacts under different scenarios.
HARMONIE will enable ‘What-If’ scenario simulations within the CCDT, allowing policymakers to benchmark strategies and select optimal interventions. To ensure long-term impact, the project will integrate developments into existing city infrastructures, enhancing policy communication and decision-making with cutting-edge digital tools. By integrating community-driven data, What-If scenarios, and behavioral insights, it helps overcome psychological and social barriers to zero-pollution initiatives. Through dynamic simulations and feedback mechanisms, it engages citizens and institutions to develop actionable strategies tailored to urban communities.

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BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION
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€ 1 461 550,00
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CALLE JORDI GIRONA 31
08034 BARCELONA
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Este Cataluña Barcelona
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