Unraveling the association between the built environment and air pollution from a geospatial perspective

X Deng, F Gao, S Liao, S Li - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Fine particulate matter poses a negative effect on air quality and public health. The formation
and dispersion of PM2. 5 are often affected by the urban built environment. Previous …

Hazard assessment and hazard map** for Kuwait

A Al-Hemoud, A Al-Enezi, H Al-Dashti, P Petrov… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Hazard maps are essential tools to aid decision makers in land-use planning, sustainable
infrastructure development, and emergency preparedness. Despite the availability of …

A review about COVID-19 in the MENA region: environmental concerns and machine learning applications

H Meskher, SB Belhaouari, AK Thakur… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has delayed global economic growth, which
has affected the economic life globally. On the one hand, numerous elements in the …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning and meteorological normalization for assessment of particulate matter changes during the COVID-19 lockdown in Zagreb, Croatia

M Lovrić, M Antunović, I Šunić, M Vuković… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the authors investigated changes in mass concentrations of particulate matter
(PM) during the Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown. Daily samples of PM1 …

Assessment of PM2.5 Patterns in Malaysia Using the Clustering Method

EA Rahman, FM Hamzah, MT Latif… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2022 - Springer
Particulate matter is the parameter of most concern in air quality monitoring in Malaysia. This
study discusses the variations and clustering of PM2. 5 recorded from 2018 to 2019 at 65 …

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] Spatiotemporal estimates of daily PM2. 5 concentrations based on 1-km resolution MAIAC AOD in the Bei**g–Tian**–Hebei, China

X Yang, D **ao, L Fan, F Li, W Wang, H Bai… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The accurate prediction of PM 2.5 concentrations is essential for health risk assessment and
the formulation of air pollution prevention and control strategies. In this study, we selected a …

[HTML][HTML] Source apportionment of fine particulate matter during the day and night in Lanzhou, NW China

M Zhang, J Jia, B Wang, W Zhang, C Gu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Source apportionment of PM2. 5 in Lanzhou, China, was carried out using positive matrix
factorization (PMF). Seventeen elements (Ca, Fe, K, Ti, Ba, Mn, Sr, Cd, Se, Pb, Cu, Zn, As …

Machine Learning Explains Long-Term Trend and Health Risk of Air Pollution during 2015–2022 in a Coastal City in Eastern China

Z Qian, Q Meng, K Chen, Z Zhang, H Liang, H Yang… - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Exposure to air pollution is one of the greatest environmental risks for human health. Air
pollution level is significantly driven by anthropogenic emissions and meteorological …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of seasonal variations in the air quality index (2019–2022) in Al-Jahra city, Kuwait

S Alsowaidan, A Al-Hurban, A Alsaber… - Kuwait Journal of Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The daily air quality indices (AQIs) for pollutants, including particulate matter (PM 10 and PM
2.5), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NO 2), ozone (O 3), and sulfur dioxide (SO 2) …