Air pollution control policies and impacts: A review

T Feng, Y Sun, Y Shi, J Ma, C Feng, Z Chen - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2024 - Elsevier
Air pollution, due to its detrimental impacts on the environment, economy, and human
health, has emerged as a significant global challenge. To curb air pollution, policymakers …

[HTML][HTML] Interventions to reduce ambient air pollution and their effects on health: an abridged Cochrane systematic review

J Burns, H Boogaard, S Polus, LM Pfadenhauer… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background A broad range of interventions have been implemented to improve ambient air
quality, and many of these have been evaluated. Yet to date no systematic review has been …

Severe air pollution events not avoided by reduced anthropogenic activities during COVID-19 outbreak

P Wang, K Chen, S Zhu, P Wang, H Zhang - Resources, Conservation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 in China, almost all avoidable activities in
China are prohibited since Wuhan announced lockdown on January 23, 2020. With reduced …

Emissions Trends and Drivers (Chapter 2)

S Dhakal, JC Minx, F Toth, A Abdel-Aziz… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during the last decade (2010–
2019) were higher than at any previous time in human history (high confidence). Since …

Environmental regulation, economic growth and air pollution: Panel threshold analysis for OECD countries

X Ouyang, Q Shao, X Zhu, Q He, C **ang… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Particles with a diameter of< 2.5 μm (PM 2.5) have serious adverse-effects on human health,
which have caused widespread public concern in recent decades. Currently, most of the …

COVID-19 and air quality: Evidence from China

W Ming, Z Zhou, H Ai, H Bi, Y Zhong - Research on Pandemics, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
To test the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on air quality, this article matches the city-level
real-time air quality monitoring data with the big data on population migration provided by …

How harmful is air pollution to economic development? New evidence from PM2. 5 concentrations of Chinese cities

Y Hao, H Peng, T Temulun, LQ Liu, J Mao… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years, haze pollution has frequently shrouded most regions of northern and
eastern China. Air pollution has drawn increasing attention at home and abroad. However …

The effect of environmental regulation on air quality: A study of new ambient air quality standards in China

K Wang, H Yin, Y Chen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Fine particulate matter is becoming a primary component of air pollution in China, damaging
public health and economic growth. Although environmental regulation is an important …

Does the central environmental inspection effectively improve air pollution?-An empirical study of 290 prefecture-level cities in China

W Wang, X Sun, M Zhang - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to control air pollution better, China has adopted the central environmental
inspection mechanism. This paper adopts the data of 290 prefecture-level cities in China to …

The impact and nonlinear relationship of low-carbon city construction on air quality: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China

Z Yang, Y Yuan, Y Tan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Many low-carbon policies have been implemented to realize China's “double carbon goals”.
Maximizing the synergistic effects of pollution reduction is very important. This study …