Aspects of the effect of confinement measures imposed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on outdoor air quality
Record levels of air pollution, leading to environmental degradation, deteriorating health and climate change, are affecting cities around the world. However, due to the confinement measures imposed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, reductions in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations - one...
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National R&D Institute URBAN-INCERC, INCERC Bucharest Branch
2021-12-01
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| author | Vasilica VASILE Cristian PETCU Alina DIMA Mihaela ION |
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| description | Record levels of air pollution, leading to environmental degradation, deteriorating health and climate change, are affecting cities around the world. However, due to the confinement measures imposed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, reductions in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations - one of the main traffic pollutants - have been reported in many cities in Europe and around the world: by over 50% in Barcelona as of March 21, 2020, 64% in other cities in Spain, about 40% in London or about 50% of carbon monoxide (CO) levels in New York. In this context, the paper presents the results of monitoring NO2 concentrations within the INCERC Bucharest Branch, located in the eastern part of Bucharest, the capital of Romania. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6315abb0301a4857a0b8a1db7a6d979f2022-12-22T02:32:08ZengNational R&D Institute URBAN-INCERC, INCERC Bucharest BranchConstructii: Journal of Civil Engineering Research1221-27092247-03282021-12-01221-238Aspects of the effect of confinement measures imposed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on outdoor air qualityVasilica VASILE0Cristian PETCU1Alina DIMA2Mihaela ION3National Institute for Research and Development in Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development "URBAN-INCERC"National Institute for Research and Development in Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development "URBAN-INCERC"National Institute for Research and Development in Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development "URBAN-INCERC"National Institute for Research and Development in Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development "URBAN-INCERC"Record levels of air pollution, leading to environmental degradation, deteriorating health and climate change, are affecting cities around the world. However, due to the confinement measures imposed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, reductions in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations - one of the main traffic pollutants - have been reported in many cities in Europe and around the world: by over 50% in Barcelona as of March 21, 2020, 64% in other cities in Spain, about 40% in London or about 50% of carbon monoxide (CO) levels in New York. In this context, the paper presents the results of monitoring NO2 concentrations within the INCERC Bucharest Branch, located in the eastern part of Bucharest, the capital of Romania.https://constructii.incd.ro/Archive/2021/Constructii_2021_Vol.22_No.1-2_ID2021220101_Vasile_et_al_3-8.pdfoutdoor aircovid-19 pandemicnitrogen dioxidehealth |
| spellingShingle | Vasilica VASILE Cristian PETCU Alina DIMA Mihaela ION Aspects of the effect of confinement measures imposed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on outdoor air quality Constructii: Journal of Civil Engineering Research outdoor air covid-19 pandemic nitrogen dioxide health |
| title | Aspects of the effect of confinement measures imposed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on outdoor air quality |
| title_full | Aspects of the effect of confinement measures imposed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on outdoor air quality |
| title_fullStr | Aspects of the effect of confinement measures imposed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on outdoor air quality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aspects of the effect of confinement measures imposed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on outdoor air quality |
| title_short | Aspects of the effect of confinement measures imposed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on outdoor air quality |
| title_sort | aspects of the effect of confinement measures imposed at the beginning of the covid 19 pandemic on outdoor air quality |
| topic | outdoor air covid-19 pandemic nitrogen dioxide health |
| url | https://constructii.incd.ro/Archive/2021/Constructii_2021_Vol.22_No.1-2_ID2021220101_Vasile_et_al_3-8.pdf |
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