The global impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on urban air pollution: A critical review and recommendations

GI Gkatzelis, JB Gilman, SS Brown, H Eskes… - Elem Sci …, 2021 - online.ucpress.edu
The coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic led to government interventions to limit the
spread of the disease which are unprecedented in recent history; for example, stay at home …

What is the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global carbon emissions?

RL Ray, VP Singh, SK Singh, BS Acharya… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus 2019 (COVID 19, or SARS-CoV-2) pandemic that started in
December 2019 has caused an unprecedented impact in most countries globally and …

[HTML][HTML] A global observational analysis to understand changes in air quality during exceptionally low anthropogenic emission conditions

RS Sokhi, V Singh, X Querol, S Finardi… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
This global study, which has been coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization
Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO/GAW) programme, aims to understand the behaviour of …

How changes in human activities during the lockdown impacted air quality parameters: A review

S Marinello, MA Butturi… - Environmental progress & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The health emergency linked to the spread of COVID‐19 has led to important reduction in
industrial and logistics activities, as well as to a drastic changes in citizens' behaviors and …

Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on roadside traffic-related air pollution in Shanghai, China

C Wu, H Wang, W Cai, A Ni, Z Peng - Building and environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The outbreak of COVID-19 has significantly inhibited global economic growth and impacted
the environment. Some evidence suggests that lockdown strategies have significantly …

[HTML][HTML] Using an integrated model of TPB and TAM to analyze the pandemic impacts on the intention to use bicycles in the post-COVID-19 period

MZ Irawan, FF Bastarianto, S Priyanto - IATSS research, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the rapid increase in bicycle usage during the pandemic, this study aims to ascertain
the effects of COVID-19 and the role of psychosocial factors on the intention to cycle in the …

Impact of lockdown during the COVID-19 outbreak on multi-scale air quality

CD Bray, A Nahas, WH Battye, VP Aneja - Atmospheric Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the multi-facet impacts of lockdowns during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic
was restricted economic and transport activities. This has resulted in the reduction of air …

Air pollution and COVID-19 lockdown in a large South American city: Santiago Metropolitan Area, Chile

R Toro, F Catalán, FR Urdanivia, JP Rojas… - Urban Climate, 2021 - Elsevier
The implementation of confinement and physical distancing measures to restrict people's
activities and transit in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic allowed us to study how these …

Spatio-temporal analysis of PM2. 5 and policies in Northwestern South America

A Casallas, MP Castillo-Camacho… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper analyzes the spatio-temporal variations, and exceedances of the PM 2.5
concentrations in Northwestern South America at different scales to assess the implemented …

Air pollution analysis in Northwestern South America: A new Lagrangian framework

A Casallas, A Cabrera, MA Guevara-Luna… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the spatiotemporal variations of PM 2.5, PM 10, SO 2, O 3, NO, and NO
2 concentrations in Northwestern South America (NWSA). We assess the efficacy of existing …