Urbanization-environment conundrum: an invitation to sustainable development in Saudi Arabian cities

AI Almulhim, PB Cobbinah - International Journal of Sustainable …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
As rapid urbanization becomes a key topic within urban studies and planning particularly in
the Global South, it needs to be considered what radical implications to urban environment …

Urban air pollution control policies and strategies: a systematic review

A Jonidi Jafari, E Charkhloo, H Pasalari - Journal of Environmental Health …, 2021 - Springer
A wide range of policies, strategies, and interventions have been implemented to improve
air quality all over the world. This systematic review comprehensively appraises the policies …

Delineating the spatial-temporal variation of air pollution with urbanization in the Belt and Road Initiative area

G Wei, Z Zhang, X Ouyang, Y Shen, S Jiang… - Environmental Impact …, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapid urbanization in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) area has aggravated the cross-
regional pollution of PM 2.5 and aroused concern about the conflicts between urban …

The new geography of contemporary urbanization and the environment

KC Seto, R Sánchez-Rodríguez… - Annual review of …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Contemporary urbanization differs from historical patterns of urban growth in terms of scale,
rate, location, form, and function. This review discusses the characteristics of contemporary …

Taking action on air pollution control in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region: progress, challenges and opportunities

L Wang, F Zhang, E Pilot, J Yu, C Nie… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Due to rapid urbanization, industrialization and motorization, a large number of Chinese
cities are affected by heavy air pollution. In order to explore progress, remaining challenges …

Ambient air pollutant monitoring and analysis protocol for low and middle income countries: An element of comprehensive urban air quality management framework

S Gulia, I Khanna, K Shukla, M Khare - Atmospheric Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization along with industrial growth is one of the major causes of elevated air
pollution levels in urban areas of low and middle income countries (LMICs). They are further …

Mitigation strategies for reducing air pollution

D Sofia, F Gioiella, N Lotrecchiano… - Environmental Science and …, 2020 - Springer
Today, it is increasingly recognized that air pollution hurts human health. Consequently,
efficient mitigation strategies need to be implemented for substantial environmental and …

Quantifying the human health benefits of curbing air pollution in Shanghai

J Li, SK Guttikunda, GR Carmichael, DG Streets… - Journal of environmental …, 2004 - Elsevier
Urban development in the mega-cities of Asia has caused detrimental effects on the human
health of its inhabitants through air pollution. However, averting these health damages by …

[HTML][HTML] Urban policy interventions to reduce traffic emissions and traffic-related air pollution: Protocol for a systematic evidence map

KA Sanchez, M Foster, MJ Nieuwenhuijsen… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Cities are the world's engines of economic growth, innovation, and social
change, but they are also hot spots for human exposure to air pollution, mainly originating …

Exploring the capacity of renewable energy consumption to reduce outdoor air pollution death rate in Latin America and the Caribbean region

M Koengkan, JA Fuinhas, N Silva - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The impact of renewable energy consumption on reducing the outdoor air pollution death
rate, in nineteen Latin America & the Caribbean countries, from 1990 to 2016, using the …