Urban air pollution control policies and strategies: a systematic review

A Jonidi Jafari, E Charkhloo, H Pasalari - Journal of Environmental Health …, 2021 - Springer
A wide range of policies, strategies, and interventions have been implemented to improve
air quality all over the world. This systematic review comprehensively appraises the policies …

Review of environmental and air pollution impacts on built heritage: 10 questions on corrosion and soiling effects for urban intervention

F Vidal, R Vicente, JM Silva - Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2019 - Elsevier
For many decades, countless studies have been performed regarding the effects of the
environment on traditional building materials, presenting methods to mostly quantify …

Linking the power and transport sectors—Part 1: The principle of sector coupling

M Robinius, A Otto, P Heuser, L Welder, K Syranidis… - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
The usage of renewable energy sources (RESs) to achieve greenhouse gas (GHG)
emission reduction goals requires a holistic transformation across all sectors. Due to the …

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 …

The effect of urban air pollutants in Germany: eco-efficiency analysis through fractional regression models applied after DEA and SFA efficiency predictions

V Moutinho, M Madaleno, P Macedo - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
Cities and living standards contribute intensively to air pollution, an environmental risk factor
which causes diseases. Recently, in developed countries, the majority of cities has grown …

Transforming our cities: best practices towards clean air and active transportation

A Glazener, H Khreis - Current environmental health reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review By 2050, 70% of the global population will live in urban areas,
exposing a greater number of people to specific city-related health risks that will only be …

Health effects of low emission zones: evidence from German hospitals

N Pestel, F Wozny - Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper studies the impact of Low Emission Zones, restricting the access of high-
emission vehicles to inner-city areas, on hospitalizations. For identification, we exploit …

Were traffic restrictions in Madrid effective at reducing NO2 levels?

R Salas, MJ Perez-Villadoniga… - … Research Part D …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper we assess the effectiveness of the introduction of Madrid Central, a low-
emission zone (LEZ), to improve air quality in the centre of Madrid. We take advantage of …

Low emission zones and population health

S Margaryan - Journal of Health Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Air pollution has a detrimental impact on population health, but the effectiveness of policy
measures targeting pollution is underexplored. I exploit the natural experiment generated by …

Analysis of lockdown for CoViD-19 impact on NO2 in London, Milan and Paris: What lesson can be learnt?

MC Collivignarelli, C De Rose, A Abbà, M Baldi… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) can have harmful effects on human health and can act as a
precursor for the formation of other air pollutants in urban environment such as secondary …