COVID-19 pandemic and its positive impacts on environment: an updated review

I Khan, D Shah, SS Shah - International Journal of Environmental Science …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract In December, 2019 in Wuhan city of China, a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has
garnered global attention due to its rapid transmission. World Health Organization (WHO) …

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 …

Air quality during three covid-19 lockdown phases: AQI, PM2. 5 and NO2 assessment in cities with more than 1 million inhabitants

A Benchrif, A Wheida, M Tahri, RM Shubbar… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Implemented quarantine due to the ongoing novel coronavirus (agent of COVID-19) has an
immense impact on human mobility and economic activities as well as on air quality. Since …

Effects of COVID-19 on the environment: an overview on air, water, wastewater, and solid waste

K Elsaid, V Olabi, ET Sayed, T Wilberforce… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world hardly as of the beginning of 2020 and quickly
spread worldwide from its first-reported point in early Dec. 2019. By mid-March 2021, the …

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment, waste management, and energy sectors: a deeper look into the long-term impacts

BA Mohamed, IMR Fattah, B Yousaf… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic not only has caused a global health crisis but also has significant
environmental consequences. Although many studies are confirming the short-term …

Presence and mobility of the population during the first wave of Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown in Italy

P Beria, V Lunkar - Sustainable cities and society, 2021 - Elsevier
The non-medical policies implemented by many countries to “flatten the curve” during the
COVID-19 outbreak has people stranded in their homes and some, out of their homes …

How does coordinated regional digital economy development improve air quality? New evidence from the spatial simultaneous equation analysis

Y Liu, Y Hao - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Countries around the world are increasingly turning towards develo** digital economies
to find better strategies for tackling the environmental pollution associated with economic …

Air quality during COVID-19 lockdown in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta: Two different responsive mechanisms to emission reductions in China

N Wang, J Xu, C Pei, R Tang, D Zhou… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Despite the large reduction in anthropogenic activities due to the outbreak of COVID-19, air
quality in China has witnessed little improvement and featured great regional disparities …