COVID-19 effects on transport-related air pollutants: insights, evaluations, and policy perspectives

F Cavallaro, S Nocera - Transport Reviews, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study analyses the relationship between Covid-19 and air pollutants resulting from
transportation activities by addressing two research questions. First, it examines the …

Changes of air pollution between countries because of lockdowns to face COVID-19 pandemic

AP Akan, M Coccia - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The goal of this study is to analyze how levels of air pollution changed between countries
with their restriction policy of lockdown to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The study …

COVID-19 impacts on mobility, environment, and health of active transportation users

X Li, M Farrukh, C Lee, H Khreis, S Sarda, S Sohrabi… - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
Active transportation could be an effective way to promote healthy physical activity,
especially during pandemics like COVID-19. A comprehensive evaluation of health …

Changes in air pollution, land surface temperature, and urban heat islands during the COVID-19 lockdown in three Chinese urban agglomerations

Z Feng, X Wang, J Yuan, Y Zhang, M Yu - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has notably impacted the world economy and human activities. However, the
strict urban lockdown policies implemented in various countries appear to have positively …

Analysis of urban heat island and heat waves using Sentinel-3 images: a study of Andalusian Cities in Spain

DH García - Earth Systems and Environment, 2022 - Springer
At present, understanding the synergies between the Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI)
phenomenon and extreme climatic events entailing high mortality, ie, heat waves, is a great …

Effect of environmental conditions on the performance of a low-cost atmospheric particulate matter sensor

BA Macías-Hernández, E Tello-Leal, O Barrios… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Continuous measurements of PM 10, PM 2.5, and PM 1 concentrations were carried out by
collocating a GRIMM Aerosol Laser Spectrometer model 11-C as a reference instrument and …

Vehicular fleet characterisation and assessment of the on-road mobile source emission inventory of a Latin American intermediate city

YS Grassi, NB Brignole, MF Díaz - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The management of urban mobile-source emissions is nowadays a challenging topic. This
paper describes a comprehensive and practical analysis of the vehicular fleet …

Counterfactual time series analysis of short-term change in air pollution following the COVID-19 state of emergency in the United States

T Dey, P Tyagi, MB Sabath, L Kamareddine… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Lockdown measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic produced
sudden behavioral changes. We implement counterfactual time series analysis based on …

Investigating the relationship between human activity and the urban heat island effect in Melbourne and four other international cities impacted by COVID-19

CY Wai, N Muttil, MAUR Tariq, P Paresi, RC Nnachi… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our times, even before the onset of the
Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. One of the main contributors to climate change is …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of the COVID-19 confinement on air quality, the Land Surface Temperature and the urban heat island in eight cities of Andalusia (Spain)

DH García, JA Díaz - Remote Sensing Applications: Society and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 outbreak and ensuing global lockdown situation have generated a very
negative impact on the world economy, but they have also lent us a unique opportunity to …