Road traffic air and noise pollution exposure assessment–A review of tools and techniques

J Khan, M Ketzel, K Kakosimos, M Sørensen… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Road traffic induces air and noise pollution in urban environments having negative impacts
on human health. Thus, estimating exposure to road traffic air and noise pollution (hereafter …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrafine particles in cities

P Kumar, L Morawska, W Birmili, P Paasonen… - Environment …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ultrafine particles (UFPs; diameter less than 100 nm) are ubiquitous in urban air, and an
acknowledged risk to human health. Globally, the major source for urban outdoor UFP …

Mobile monitoring for map** spatial variation in urban air quality: Development and validation of a methodology based on an extensive dataset

J Van den Bossche, J Peters, J Verwaeren… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
Mobile monitoring is increasingly used as an additional tool to acquire air quality data at a
high spatial resolution. However, given the high temporal variability of urban air quality, a …

Air pollution and criminal activity: Microgeographic evidence from Chicago

E Herrnstadt, A Heyes, E Muehlegger… - American Economic …, 2021 - aeaweb.org
A growing literature documents that air pollution adversely impacts health, productivity, and
cognition. This paper provides the first evidence of a causal link between air pollution and …

Cardiovascular health, traffic-related air pollution and noise: are associations mutually confounded? A systematic review

LF Tétreault, S Perron, A Smargiassi - International journal of public health, 2013 - Springer
Objectives This review assessed the confounding effect of one traffic-related exposure
(noise or air pollutants) on the association between the other exposure and cardiovascular …

Addressing environmental health problems in Ogoniland through implementation of United Nations environment program recommendations: environmental …

OH Yakubu - Environments, 2017 - mdpi.com
On 4 August 2011, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) submitted an
unprecedented, scientific, groundbreaking environmental assessment report (EAR) on …

Low-cost sensors for urban noise monitoring networks—A literature review

J Picaut, A Can, N Fortin, J Ardouin, M Lagrange - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Noise pollution reduction in the environment is a major challenge from a societal and health
point of view. To implement strategies to improve sound environments, experts need …

GIS-based identification of spatial variables enhancing heat and poor air quality in urban areas

H Merbitz, M Buttstädt, S Michael, W Dott… - Applied Geography, 2012 - Elsevier
Due to anthropogenic climate change heat waves are expected to occur more frequently in
the future, which might cause adverse health effects for urban population. Especially the …

Characterization of parameters influencing the spatio-temporal variability of urban particle number size distributions in four European cities

C von Bismarck-Osten, W Birmili, M Ketzel… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - Elsevier
Three years of aerosol measurements from four European cities were analysed to identify
and quantify the parameters influencing the particle number size distribution (NSD) at …

Spatial distribution characteristics of gaseous pollutants and particulate matter inside a city in the heating season of Northeast China

C Li, M Liu, Y Hu, R Zhou, N Huang, W Wu… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to analyze the distribution characteristics of gaseous pollutants (SO
2 and NO 2) and particulate matter (PM 1.0, PM 2.5 and PM 10) and to explore the main …