Abstract Rapid development in Northeast China has brought serious heavy metal pollution
to the environmental media (soil, surface water and air). This paper presents a study on the …

Children, an important vulnerable group, spend most of their time at schools (up to 10 h per
day, mostly indoors) and the respective air quality may significantly impact on children …

Industrialization and urbanization have aggravated the contradiction between environmental
protection and economic growth, leading to health issues. While there are considerable …

Air pollution kills nearly 1 million people per year in China. In response, the Chinese
government implemented the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan (APPCAP) …

Urban residents are gradually being exposed to increasing urban high temperatures and
extreme heatwave events under rapid urbanization and global warming. Although there is …

The threat of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is increasing globally. Tackling this issue
requires an accurate understanding of its trends and drivers. In this study, global risk regions …

Since the construction sector, interacting with urbanization and economic growth, boosts
energy consumption and CO 2 emissions, and so challenges environmental sustainability …

Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of global urbanization over a long time series is
increasingly important for sustainable development goals. The harmonized time-series …

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 …

While previous urban delineation studies have been based mainly on Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite …