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 …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the environmental implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates

S Alalawi, ST Issa, AA Takshe, I ElBarazi - Environmental Challenges, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the environmental implications associated with the COVID-19 pandemic
at the individual and community levels in the UAE. The positive effects emanating from the …

Implications of circular economy, digitalization and technological innovation to achieve sustainable environmental goal: Pre and post-vision 2030

G Aziz, W Strielkowski, S Sarwar, AK Tiwari - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The current study contributes to the existing literature by constructing a digitalization index to
investigate the significance of digitalization in controlling the environmental footprint …

Toward Better and Healthier Air Quality: Global PM2.5 and O3 Pollution Status and Risk Assessment Based on the New WHO Air Quality Guidelines for 2021

J Liu, C He, Y Si, B Li, Q Wu, J Ni, Y Zhao… - Global …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To reduce the high burden of disease caused by air pollution, the World Health Organization
(WHO) released new Air Quality Guidelines (AQG) on September 22, 2021. In this study, the …

[HTML][HTML] Implications of social isolation in combating COVID-19 outbreak in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: its consequences on the carbon emissions reduction

MO Agboola, FV Bekun, D Balsalobre-Lorente - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic has two striking impacts on the economy of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. First, the economic contraction of business and economic …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in Air Quality and Drivers for the Heavy PM2.5 Pollution on the North China Plain Pre- to Post-COVID-19

S Liu, X Yang, F Duan, W Zhao - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Under the clean air action plans and the lockdown to constrain the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19), the air quality improved significantly. However, fine particulate matter …

Is the effect of human activity on air pollution linear or nonlinear? Evidence from Wuhan, China, under the COVID-19 lockdown

L Liu, Q Wang - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
This study explores the fundamental question of how and how much human activity affects
air quality. It focuses in particular on whether this relationship is linear or nonlinear and …

Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown and recovery on People's mobility and air quality in the United Arab Emirates using satellite and ground observations

A Shanableh, R Al-Ruzouq, K Hamad… - Remote Sensing …, 2022 - Elsevier
The stringent COVID-19 lockdown measures in 2020 significantly impacted people's mobility
and air quality worldwide. This study presents an assessment of the impacts of the lockdown …

[HTML][HTML] PM2. 5 and PM10 during COVID-19 lockdown in Kuwait: Mixed effect of dust and meteorological covariates

A Al-Hemoud, A Al-Khayat, H Al-Dashti, J Li… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on particulate matter
concentrations, specifically PM 2.5 and PM 10, in Kuwait. We studied the variations in PM …

Satellite-based map** for seasonal variations of air pollution and its environmental effects in Odisha

S Pal, A Sharma - Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2024 - Springer
Air pollution is an important global environmental issue impacting public health across the
world. Innovative satellite-based technology has revolutionized the monitoring of air …