Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on air quality: a systematic review

ACT Silva, PTBS Branco, SIV Sousa - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, several governments imposed severe
restrictions on socio-economic activities, putting most of the world population into a general …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on air quality—A global review

A Addas, A Maghrabi - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as a serious public health threat and
has had a tremendous impact on all spheres of the environment. The air quality across the …

Changes of air pollution between countries because of lockdowns to face COVID-19 pandemic

AP Akan, M Coccia - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The goal of this study is to analyze how levels of air pollution changed between countries
with their restriction policy of lockdown to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The study …

Impacts of partial to complete COVID-19 lockdown on NO2 and PM2. 5 levels in major urban cities of Europe and USA

S Bar, BR Parida, SP Mandal, AC Pandey, N Kumar… - Cities, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) coronavirus has been causing enormous suffering, death,
and economic losses worldwide. There are rigorous containment measures on industries …

Pandemic induced changes in economic activity around African protected areas captured through night-time light data

A Anand, DH Kim - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The importance of tourism for development is widely recognized. Travel restrictions imposed
to contain the spread of COVID-19 have brought tourism to a halt. Tourism is one of the key …

Tracking air quality trends and vehicle traffic dynamics at urban scale using satellite and ground data before and after the COVID-19 outbreak

D De Santis, S Amici, C Milesi, D Muroni… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The implications of the COVID-19 outbreak are subjected to an increasing number of
studies. So far, air quality trends related to the lockdown due to the pandemic have been …

Unprecedented reduction in air pollution and corresponding short-term premature mortality associated with COVID-19 lockdown in Delhi, India

KJ Maji, A Namdeo, M Bell, P Goodman… - Journal of the Air & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Countries around the world introduced strict restrictions on movement and activities known
as 'lockdowns' to restrict the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the …

Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on air pollutant levels and associated reductions in ischemic stroke incidence in Shandong Province, China

H Wu, Z Lu, J Wei, B Zhang, X Liu, M Zhao… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Local governments in China took restrictive measures after the outbreak of
COVID-19 to control its spread, which unintentionally resulted in reduced anthropogenic …

Anthropogenic heat variation during the COVID-19 pandemic control measures in four Chinese megacities

Q Meng, J Qian, U Schlink, L Zhang, X Hu, J Gao… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic heat (AH) is an important input for the urban thermal environment. While
reduction in AH during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have …

Analyzing the spatio-temporal directions of air pollutants for the initial wave of COVID-19 epidemic over Bangladesh: Application of satellite imageries and Google …

MN Haque, MS Sharif, RR Rudra, MM Mahi… - Remote Sensing …, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the most critical issues for city viability and global health is air quality. The shutdown
interval for the COVID-19 outbreaks has turned into an ecological experiment, allowing …