Using Smart City Tools to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Low Emissions Zone in Spain: Madrid Central
Population concentration in cities brings new risks as an increase in pollution, which causes urban health problems. In order to address this problem, traffic reduction measures are being implemented as pedestrianization areas; they are the definition of Low Emissions Zones (LEZs). When the effectiv...
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2020
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| author | Lebrusán, Irene Toutouh El Alamin, Jamal |
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| description | Population concentration in cities brings new risks as an increase in pollution, which causes urban health problems. In order to address this problem, traffic reduction measures are being implemented as pedestrianization areas; they are the definition of Low Emissions Zones (LEZs). When the effectiveness of these types of measures is in doubt, smart city tools provide data that can be used to scientifically asses their impact. This article analyzes the situation of Madrid Central (Spain), a LEZ subject to controversy. We apply statistical and regression analyses to evaluate the effectiveness of this measure to reduce air pollution and outdoor noise. According to the results, this LEZ was able to significantly reduce NO2, PM2.5, and PM10 concentration locally, having the same positive impact in the rest of the city. In terms of noise, this measure was able to mitigate background noise levels generated by road traffic. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1267742022-09-30T16:50:10Z Using Smart City Tools to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Low Emissions Zone in Spain: Madrid Central Lebrusán, Irene Toutouh El Alamin, Jamal Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Population concentration in cities brings new risks as an increase in pollution, which causes urban health problems. In order to address this problem, traffic reduction measures are being implemented as pedestrianization areas; they are the definition of Low Emissions Zones (LEZs). When the effectiveness of these types of measures is in doubt, smart city tools provide data that can be used to scientifically asses their impact. This article analyzes the situation of Madrid Central (Spain), a LEZ subject to controversy. We apply statistical and regression analyses to evaluate the effectiveness of this measure to reduce air pollution and outdoor noise. According to the results, this LEZ was able to significantly reduce NO2, PM2.5, and PM10 concentration locally, having the same positive impact in the rest of the city. In terms of noise, this measure was able to mitigate background noise levels generated by road traffic. 2020-08-24T20:15:57Z 2020-08-24T20:15:57Z 2020-06 2020-06-30T16:25:58Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126774 Lebrusán, Irene, and Jamal Toutouh. "Using Smart City Tools to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Low Emissions Zone in Spain: Madrid Central." Smart Cities 3, 2 (June 2020): 456-78 ©2020 Author(s) PUBLISHER_CC 10.3390/smartcities3020025 Smart Cities Creative Commons Attribution https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| spellingShingle | Lebrusán, Irene Toutouh El Alamin, Jamal Using Smart City Tools to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Low Emissions Zone in Spain: Madrid Central |
| title | Using Smart City Tools to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Low Emissions Zone in Spain: Madrid Central |
| title_full | Using Smart City Tools to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Low Emissions Zone in Spain: Madrid Central |
| title_fullStr | Using Smart City Tools to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Low Emissions Zone in Spain: Madrid Central |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using Smart City Tools to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Low Emissions Zone in Spain: Madrid Central |
| title_short | Using Smart City Tools to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Low Emissions Zone in Spain: Madrid Central |
| title_sort | using smart city tools to evaluate the effectiveness of a low emissions zone in spain madrid central |
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