Review of urban computing in air quality management as smart city service: An integrated IoT, AI, and cloud technology perspective

A Kaginalkar, S Kumar, P Gargava, D Niyogi - Urban Climate, 2021 - Elsevier
Cities foster economic growth. However, growing cities also contribute to air pollution and
climate change. The paper provides a perspective regarding the opportunity available in …

What is polluting Delhi's Air? A review from 1990 to 2022

SK Guttikunda, SK Dammalapati, G Pradhan, B Krishna… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Delhi's annual average PM2. 5 concentration in 2021–22 was 100 μg/m3—20 times more
than the WHO guideline of 5 μg/m3. This is an improvement compared to the limited …

Diurnal and temporal changes in air pollution during COVID-19 strict lockdown over different regions of India

V Singh, S Singh, A Biswal, AP Kesarkar, S Mor… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lockdown measures to contain COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a considerable change
in air pollution worldwide. We estimate the temporal and diurnal changes of the six criteria …

Have traffic restrictions improved air quality? A shock from COVID-19

Z Chen, X Hao, X Zhang, F Chen - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
With the outbreak of COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease, 2019), China adopted traffic
restrictions to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Using daily data before and after the outbreak …

Indian annual ambient air quality standard is achievable by completely mitigating emissions from household sources

S Chowdhury, S Dey, S Guttikunda… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Exposures to ambient and household fine-particulate matter (PM2. 5) together are among
the largest single causes of premature mortality in India according to the Global Burden of …

[HTML][HTML] Four-year assessment of ambient particulate matter and trace gases in the Delhi-NCR region of India

SML Hama, P Kumar, RM Harrison, WJ Bloss… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A key challenge in controlling Delhi's air quality is a lack of clear understanding of the
impacts of emissions from the surrounding National Capital Region (NCR). Our objectives …

Air pollution impacts of COVID-19–related containment measures

GP Chossière, H Xu, Y Dixit, S Isaacs, SD Eastham… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Responses to the COVID-19 outbreak resulted in one of the largest short-term decreases in
anthropogenic emissions in modern history. To date, there has been no comprehensive …

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on ambient air quality in megacities of India and implication for air pollution control strategies

K Ravindra, T Singh, A Biswal, V Singh… - Environmental Science and …, 2021 - Springer
The impact of restrictions during various phases of COVID-19 lockdown on daily mean PM
2.5 concentration in five Indian megacities (New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, and …

High resolution vehicular PM10 emissions over megacity Delhi: Relative contributions of exhaust and non-exhaust sources

V Singh, A Biswal, AP Kesarkar, S Mor… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Exposure to particulate matter (PM) from traffic can cause adverse health risks. Recent
studies project an increase in non-exhaust emissions in the future despite a reduction in …

Local characteristics of and exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) in four indian megacities

Y Chen, O Wild, L Conibear, L Ran, J He… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Public health in India is gravely threatened by severe PM 2.5 exposure. This study presents
an analysis of long-term PM 2.5 exposure in four Indian megacities (Delhi, Chennai …