@article{ART003091593},
author={Yerin Hwang and Sukyoung Kim and Jaeyeon Choi and Park Chan},
title={Assessment of Pollen Allergenicity Index Under Climate Change in the Seoul Children’s Grand Park: Present, and Future},
journal={Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment},
issn={1225-7184},
year={2024},
volume={33},
number={3},
pages={99-115}
TY - JOUR
AU - Yerin Hwang
AU - Sukyoung Kim
AU - Jaeyeon Choi
AU - Park Chan
TI - Assessment of Pollen Allergenicity Index Under Climate Change in the Seoul Children’s Grand Park: Present, and Future
JO - Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
PY - 2024
VL - 33
IS - 3
PB - Korean Society Of Environmental Impact Assessment
SP - 99
EP - 115
SN - 1225-7184
AB - Worldwide effort is under way to utilize the Urban park as a means of responding to the climate change, providing various benefits to citizens. However, it also has several negative effects such as increase in pollen allergy at the same time. These negative impacts have been defined as ecosystem disservice and discussed globally, while the discussion remains still insufficient domestically. In particular, the pollen allergy has been discussed as a typical ecosystem disservice with negative impacts such as an increase in symptoms attributed to a higher production of pollen or the growth of trees with higher antigenicity. WHO reports that approximately 30% of world’s population has been suffering from pollen allergies. Many recent researches indicate that the harm induced by pollen allergy is expected to increase due to changes in the climate and thermal environment. In this context, we aim to diagnose the allergenicity of current Urban parks and assess changes according to scenarios of climate change. In order to achieve this goal, we practically assess pollen allergenicity in Seoul Children’s Grand Park using Urban Green Space Allergenicity Index (IUGZA) as the first step towards discussing ecosystem disservice. We find that the value of IUGZA in target area exceeds the threshold suggested in previous researches, causing harm due to the pollen allergy and is expected to increase according to the climate change scenarios. We conclude that this result indicates that social harm from the pollen allergy in urban parks may increase due to climate change therefore we emphasize the necessity of discussion of ecosystem disservice in compositions of urban parks.
KW - Pollen Allergy;IUGZA;Climate Change;Urban Green Space;Ecosystem Disservice
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Yerin Hwang, Sukyoung Kim, Jaeyeon Choi and Park Chan. (2024). Assessment of Pollen Allergenicity Index Under Climate Change in the Seoul Children’s Grand Park: Present, and Future. Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment, 33(3), 99-115.
Yerin Hwang, Sukyoung Kim, Jaeyeon Choi and Park Chan. 2024, "Assessment of Pollen Allergenicity Index Under Climate Change in the Seoul Children’s Grand Park: Present, and Future", Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment, vol.33, no.3 pp.99-115.
Yerin Hwang, Sukyoung Kim, Jaeyeon Choi, Park Chan "Assessment of Pollen Allergenicity Index Under Climate Change in the Seoul Children’s Grand Park: Present, and Future" Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment 33.3 pp.99-115 (2024) : 99.
Yerin Hwang, Sukyoung Kim, Jaeyeon Choi, Park Chan. Assessment of Pollen Allergenicity Index Under Climate Change in the Seoul Children’s Grand Park: Present, and Future. 2024; 33(3), 99-115.
Yerin Hwang, Sukyoung Kim, Jaeyeon Choi and Park Chan. "Assessment of Pollen Allergenicity Index Under Climate Change in the Seoul Children’s Grand Park: Present, and Future" Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment 33, no.3 (2024) : 99-115.
Yerin Hwang; Sukyoung Kim; Jaeyeon Choi; Park Chan. Assessment of Pollen Allergenicity Index Under Climate Change in the Seoul Children’s Grand Park: Present, and Future. Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment, 33(3), 99-115.
Yerin Hwang; Sukyoung Kim; Jaeyeon Choi; Park Chan. Assessment of Pollen Allergenicity Index Under Climate Change in the Seoul Children’s Grand Park: Present, and Future. Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment. 2024; 33(3) 99-115.
Yerin Hwang, Sukyoung Kim, Jaeyeon Choi, Park Chan. Assessment of Pollen Allergenicity Index Under Climate Change in the Seoul Children’s Grand Park: Present, and Future. 2024; 33(3), 99-115.
Yerin Hwang, Sukyoung Kim, Jaeyeon Choi and Park Chan. "Assessment of Pollen Allergenicity Index Under Climate Change in the Seoul Children’s Grand Park: Present, and Future" Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment 33, no.3 (2024) : 99-115.
