Urban form, air pollution, and health

S Hankey, JD Marshall - Current environmental health reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Urban form can impact air pollution and public health. We
reviewed health-related articles that assessed (1) the relationships among urban form, air …

Systematic review and comparison of densification effects and planning motivations

MB Pont, P Haupt, P Berg, V Alstäde… - Buildings and Cities, 2021 - diva-portal.org
Do higher urban densities contribute to more sustainable cities and communities? This
paper examines the effectiveness of higher density (as a means) for achieving sustainable …

The spatial spillover effect of urban sprawl and fiscal decentralization on air pollution: evidence from 269 cities in China

X Yang, J Wang, J Cao, S Ren, Q Ran, H Wu - Empirical Economics, 2021 - Springer
Air pollution is an important factor affecting the quality and sustainability of the development
of China's economy, and urban sprawl is also a typical by-product of the non-intensive …

Air pollution dispersal in high density urban areas: Research on the triadic relation of wind, air pollution, and urban form

J Yang, B Shi, Y Shi, S Marvin, Y Zheng… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently, urban air pollution becoming the major issue of urban physical environment in
high density urban area. Many wind-calm zones or vortex zones can be formed where air …

[图书][B] Spacematrix: Space, Density and Urban Form-revised edition

MB Pont, P Haupt - 2023 - books.open.tudelft.nl
Spacematrix explores the potential of urban density as a tool for urban planning and design.
This revised and extended edition of Meta Berghauser Pont and Per Haupt's 2010 volume …

The antagonistic effect of urban growth pattern and shrinking cities on air quality: Based on the empirical analysis of 174 cities in China

Y Rao, C Wu, Q He - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Air pollution is an important issue facing the sustainable development of cities. In the context
of rapid urbanization in China, a considerable number of cities show the coexistence of …

Urban Form, Air Pollution, and CO2 Emissions in Large US Metropolitan Areas

B Bereitschaft, K Debbage - The Professional Geographer, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In this article we explore the relationships between urban form and air pollution among 86
US metropolitan areas. Urban form was quantified using preexisting sprawl indexes and …

Exploring the spatiotemporal impacts of urban form on CO2 emissions: Evidence and implications from 256 Chinese cities

F Shi, X Liao, L Shen, C Meng, Y Lai - Environmental Impact Assessment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding how urban form (UF) affects CO 2 emissions is important to reduce
emissions in the practice of urban planning and management. This study investigates the …

Urban form and air quality in the United States

J McCarty, N Kaza - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, we investigate the relationship between urban spatial structure and air quality
in the United States. By using urban landscape metrics framework, we empirically examine …

Trade-offs of personal versus more proxy exposure measures in environmental epidemiology

MG Weisskopf, TF Webster - Epidemiology, 2017 - journals.lww.com
The technological ability to make personal measurements of toxicant exposures is growing
rapidly. While this can decrease measurement error and therefore help reduce attenuation …