Impact of COVID-19 on the social, economic, environmental and energy domains: Lessons learnt from a global pandemic

M Mofijur, IMR Fattah, MA Alam, ABMS Islam… - Sustainable production …, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has heightened human suffering, undermined the economy, turned the lives of
billions of people around the globe upside down, and significantly affected the health …

The global impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on urban air pollution: A critical review and recommendations

GI Gkatzelis, JB Gilman, SS Brown, H Eskes… - Elem Sci …, 2021 - online.ucpress.edu
The coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic led to government interventions to limit the
spread of the disease which are unprecedented in recent history; for example, stay at home …

Positive effects of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality of industrial cities (Ankleshwar and Vapi) of Western India

R Nigam, K Pandya, AJ Luis, R Sengupta, M Kotha - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract On January 30, 2020, India recorded its first COVID-19 positive case in Kerala,
which was followed by a nationwide lockdown extended in four different phases from 25th …

[HTML][HTML] Direct observations of CO2 emission reductions due to COVID-19 lockdown across European urban districts

G Nicolini, G Antoniella, F Carotenuto… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19 in 2020 included restrictions of
people's mobility and reductions in economic activities. These drastic changes in daily life …

[HTML][HTML] The research hotspots and trends of volatile organic compound emissions from anthropogenic and natural sources: A systematic quantitative review

C Duan, H Liao, K Wang, Y Ren - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions have attracted wide attention due to their
impacts on atmospheric quality and public health. However, most studies reviewed certain …

Quantification of COVID-19 impacts on NO2 and O3: Systematic model selection and hyperparameter optimization on AI-based meteorological-normalization methods

YJ Wong, A Yeganeh, MY Chia, HY Shiu… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the unprecedented outbreak of the COVID-19, numerous meteorological-
normalization techniques have been developed in lockdown-imposed regions to decouple …

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on air quality: a systematic review

ACT Silva, PTBS Branco, SIV Sousa - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, several governments imposed severe
restrictions on socio-economic activities, putting most of the world population into a general …

Spatial temporal analysis of traffic patterns during the COVID-19 epidemic by vehicle detection using planet remote-sensing satellite images

Y Chen, R Qin, G Zhang, H Albanwan - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The spread of the COVID-19 since the end of 2019 has reached an epidemic level and has
quickly become a global public health crisis. During this period, the responses for COVID-19 …

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in historical and analytical perspective a tutorial review

SA Horn, PK Dasgupta - Talanta, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Air Quality Index (AQI), developed by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA), has been providing the public with crucial information …

Traffic-induced atmospheric pollution during the COVID-19 lockdown: Dispersion modeling based on traffic flow monitoring in Turin, Italy

M Ravina, ZS Esfandabadi, D Panepinto… - Journal of cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic, as a worldwide threat to public health, has led many governments
to impose mobility restrictions and adopt partial or full lockdown strategies in many regions …