PUrE is a consortium research project led by the University of Manchester, involving partners from UK academic institutions, industry and government organisations in the UK and Europe. The project will develop a decision-support framework with a suite of scientific and engineering models and tools. The framework will be use by a variety of stakeholders involved with sustainable management of urban pollution.

The PUrE project will also produce a software based modelling platform. It will analyse the impacts of a variety of urban environment pollutants by incorporating different models and tools. The following are examples of data, models & tools that will be included in the framework:
• Generic datasets and examples − Life cycle assessment (LCA)
• Air and water dispersion models − Substance flow analysis (SFA)
• Soil and groundwater models − Whole life costing
• Multimedia fate models − Sustainability indicators
• Health impacts models − Multi-criteria decision analysis

The modelling tool developed by this project will also include example applications, and a users’ guidance manual.

The project is ongoing until the summer of 2009, and the research is yet to be finalised.

CEAS - The University of Manchester
Adisa Azapagic (PUrE Project Coordinator), tel. +44 (0)161 306 4363

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CEAS - The University of Manchester

research

Urban Policy > Urban environment

Environmental sustainability