[HTML][HTML] New urban models for more sustainable, liveable and healthier cities post covid19; reducing air pollution, noise and heat island effects and increasing green …

MJ Nieuwenhuijsen - Environment international, 2021 - Elsevier
Cities are centres of innovation and wealth creation, but also hotspots of air pollution and
noise, heat island effects and lack of green space, which are all detrimental to human health …

[HTML][HTML] Pathways linking biodiversity to human health: A conceptual framework

MR Marselle, T Hartig, DTC Cox, S De Bell… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodiversity is a cornerstone of human health and well-being. However, while evidence of
the contributions of nature to human health is rapidly building, research into how biodiversity …

The global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risk: a compass for future health

M Vaduganathan, GA Mensah, JV Turco… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
PUBLISHED BY ELSEVIER levels stratified by age and sex. Estimates of several summary
epidemiological measures are produced, including composite measures such as …

Short-Lived Climate Forcers (Chapter 6)

S Szopa, V Naik, B Adhikary, P Artaxo, T Berntsen… - 2021 - cambridge.org
Short‑lived climate forcers (SLCFs) affect climate and are, in most cases, also air pollutants.
They include aerosols (sulphate, nitrate, ammonium, carbonaceous aerosols, mineral dust …

A global panel database of pandemic policies (Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker)

T Hale, N Angrist, R Goldszmidt, B Kira… - Nature human …, 2021 - nature.com
COVID-19 has prompted unprecedented government action around the world. We introduce
the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT), a dataset that addresses …

Urban nature in a time of crisis: recreational use of green space increases during the COVID-19 outbreak in Oslo, Norway

ZS Venter, DN Barton, V Gundersen… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it significant changes to
human mobility patterns and working environments. We aimed to explore how social …

Abrupt but smaller than expected changes in surface air quality attributable to COVID-19 lockdowns

Z Shi, C Song, B Liu, G Lu, J Xu, T Van Vu… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The COVID-19 lockdowns led to major reductions in air pollutant emissions. Here, we
quantitatively evaluate changes in ambient NO2, O3, and PM2. 5 concentrations arising from …

Regional and global contributions of air pollution to risk of death from COVID-19

A Pozzer, F Dominici, A Haines, C Witt… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims The risk of mortality from the coronavirus disease that emerged in 2019 (COVID-19) is
increased by comorbidity from cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Air pollution also …

Changes in preterm birth and stillbirth during COVID-19 lockdowns in 26 countries

C Calvert, M Brockway, H Zoega, JE Miller… - Nature human …, 2023 - nature.com
Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. Changes in PTB rates,
ranging from− 90% to+ 30%, were reported in many countries following early COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] A global observational analysis to understand changes in air quality during exceptionally low anthropogenic emission conditions

RS Sokhi, V Singh, X Querol, S Finardi… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
This global study, which has been coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization
Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO/GAW) programme, aims to understand the behaviour of …