Urban air pollution, urban heat island and human health: a review of the literature

A Piracha, MT Chaudhary - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many cities of the world suffer from air pollution because of poor planning and design and
heavy traffic in rapidly expanding urban environments. These conditions are exacerbated …

The impact of air pollution on respiratory diseases in an era of climate change: A review of the current evidence

HM Tran, FJ Tsai, YL Lee, JH Chang, LT Chang… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The impacts of climate change and air pollution on respiratory diseases present significant
global health challenges. This review aims to investigate the effects of the interactions …

Urban density and COVID-19

F Carozzi, S Provenzano, S Roth - 2020 - eprints.lse.ac.uk
This paper estimates the link between population density and COVID-19 spread and
severity in the contiguous United States. To overcome confounding factors, we use two …

Deep learning for cross-domain data fusion in urban computing: Taxonomy, advances, and outlook

X Zou, Y Yan, X Hao, Y Hu, H Wen, E Liu, J Zhang… - Information …, 2025 - Elsevier
As cities continue to burgeon, Urban Computing emerges as a pivotal discipline for
sustainable development by harnessing the power of cross-domain data fusion from diverse …

The economics of urban density

G Duranton, D Puga - Journal of economic perspectives, 2020 - aeaweb.org
Density boosts productivity and innovation, improves access to goods and services, reduces
typical travel distances, encourages energy efficient construction and transport, and allows …

The economic effects of density: A synthesis

GM Ahlfeldt, E Pietrostefani - Journal of Urban Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper synthesises the state of knowledge on the economic effects of density. We
consider 347 estimates of density elasticities of a broad range of outcomes ranging from …

Air pollution in an urban world: A global view on density, cities and emissions

D Castells-Quintana, E Dienesch, M Krause - Ecological Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, we take a global view at air pollution looking at cities and countries worldwide.
We pay special attention at the spatial distribution of population and its relationship with the …

Population density and urban air quality

R Borck, P Schrauth - Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
We use panel data from Germany to analyze the effect of population density on urban air
pollution (nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, ozone, and an aggregate index for bad air …

Toward Zero-Carbon Urban Transitions with Health, Climate Resilience, and Equity Co-Benefits: Assessing Nexus Linkages

A Ramaswami, B Pandey, Q Li, K Das… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Getting to net-zero-carbon cities while advancing well-being (W), health (H), social equity
(E), and climate resilience (R)(referred to as the WHER outcomes) is critical for local and …

Is environmental regulation the answer to pollution problems in urbanizing economies?

JJ Wu, K Segerson, C Wang - Journal of Environmental Economics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper seeks to better understand the persistent environmental problems in urbanizing
economies. We examine the effectiveness of environmental policy in an economy with …