Browsing Trinity College Dublin Theses & Dissertations by Sponsor "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"
Now showing items 1-10 of 10
-
A GIS model for personal exposure to PM10 for Dublin commuters
(Trinity College Dublin, 2012)The project has focused on a number of scientific issues in the development of the GIS air quality model for the Dublin Area and its Satellite Towns . Firstly, how to model air quality by integrating existing and ... -
Hydrological and hydrochemical supporting conditions for Irish calcareous fen vegetation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2023)Calcareous fens are listed in Annex 1 of the European Union (EU) Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC, habitat code 7230, 7210 and 7140) as habitats requiring special conservation measures, including the designation ... -
The impact of domestic wastewater treatment system effluent on private water wells: an evaluation of contamination fingerprinting techniques
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2017)The absence of a public water supply network in many rural areas of Ireland means that approximately 162,000 households rely on private wells for their water provision. In many cases such rural areas are also not connected ... -
Incentivising Car-shedding Behaviour in the Greater Dublin Area
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2018)This doctoral research examines the behavioural response of commuters within the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), Ireland, to a range of policy incentives devised to encourage travellers to make greater usage of sustainable ... -
Influential factors of cereal crop landscapes on aphidophagous syrphid communities
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Botany, 2021)Aphidophagous syrphids are a common group of insects in agriculture, attributed with benefiting farmers with pollination and pest control services. Farmed landscapes are also believed to have potential in supporting and ... -
INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE REGRESSION MODELLING FOR NO2 MITIGATION
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2022)The transport industry has been identified as one of the main contributors to Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) pollution in Ireland. Diesel fuelled vehicles emit significantly greater amounts of NO2 in comparison to any other fuel ... -
Investigation of Particulate Phosphorus Mobilised by Run-offin Small Agricultural Catchments
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2022)Research carried out in this work has contributed valuable insights and new findings into the impact of particulate phosphorus (PP) associated with fluvial suspended sediments, in terms of its sources and speciation dynamics ... -
Modelling of vehicular emissions and their potential environmental, health, and economic impacts
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2019)Road traffic is one of the greatest contributors to greenhouse gas and reducing it has become one of the main targets for sustainable transport policies. Analysis of the main factors influencing greenhouse gas emissions ... -
New technology for the extraction of energy critical metals from weee and removal of PFOA from water
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)ABSTRACT Electrical and electronic equipment contains a plethora of energy critical metals which eventually concentrates in the annual 20-50 million metric tonnes of e-wastes produced globally. This has been identified ... -
Quantification and optimisation of the benefits and risks of urban cycling
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2017)This thesis reports on a research project aimed at developing comprehensive methods for quantifying the benefits and risks of urban cycling, investigating the environmental exposures of cyclists and developing a tool for ...