Urban air pollution, urban heat island and human health: a review of the literature

A Piracha, MT Chaudhary - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many cities of the world suffer from air pollution because of poor planning and design and
heavy traffic in rapidly expanding urban environments. These conditions are exacerbated …

[HTML][HTML] Green infrastructure for air quality improvement in street canyons

M Tomson, P Kumar, Y Barwise, P Perez… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Street canyons are generally highly polluted urban environments due to high traffic
emissions and impeded dispersion. Green infrastructure (GI) is one potential passive control …

Biodiversity and human health: mechanisms and evidence of the positive health effects of diversity in nature and green spaces

R Aerts, O Honnay… - British medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Natural environments and green spaces provide ecosystem services that
enhance human health and well-being. They improve mental health, mitigate allergies and …

[HTML][HTML] Air pollution abatement performances of green infrastructure in open road and built-up street canyon environments–A review

KV Abhijith, P Kumar, J Gallagher, A McNabola… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
Intensifying the proportion of urban green infrastructure has been considered as one of the
remedies for air pollution levels in cities, yet the impact of numerous vegetation types …

Designing vegetation barriers for urban air pollution abatement: A practical review for appropriate plant species selection

Y Barwise, P Kumar - Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2020 - nature.com
Vegetation can form a barrier between traffic emissions and adjacent areas, but the optimal
configuration and plant composition of such green infrastructure (GI) are currently unclear …

A review of strategies for mitigating roadside air pollution in urban street canyons

Y Huang, C Lei, CH Liu, P Perez, H Forehead… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban street canyons formed by high-rise buildings restrict the dispersion of vehicle
emissions, which pose severe health risks to the public by aggravating roadside air quality …

Advances in air quality research–current and emerging challenges

RS Sokhi, N Moussiopoulos, A Baklanov… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
This review provides a community's perspective on air quality research focusing mainly on
developments over the past decade. The article provides perspectives on current and future …

Green roofs and green walls layouts for improved urban air quality by mitigating particulate matter

M Viecco, H Jorquera, A Sharma, W Bustamante… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban air quality has been a long-standing problem in most cities worldwide. Many
strategies have been proposed to solve it, including green infrastructures such as green …

Using green infrastructure to improve urban air quality (GI4AQ)

CN Hewitt, K Ashworth, AR MacKenzie - Ambio, 2020 - Springer
As evidence for the devastating impacts of air pollution on human health continues to
increase, improving urban air quality has become one of the most pressing tasks facing …

[HTML][HTML] Using meteorological normalisation to detect interventions in air quality time series

SK Grange, DC Carslaw - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Interventions used to improve air quality are often difficult to detect in air quality time series
due to the complex nature of the atmosphere. Meteorological normalisation is a technique …