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Spatiotemporal patterns in air pollution and sound in Dhaka, Bangladesh [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHigh air pollution and sound in Dhaka pose major health risks, yet limited high-resolution data hinders epidemiologic assessments and interventions. We measured fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅), black carbon (BC), and sound (dBA) at 70 locations across ...
Martha Lee +7 more
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Ancillary health effects of climate mitigation scenarios as drivers of policy uptake: a review of air quality, transportation and diet co-benefits modeling studies [PDF]
Environmental Research Letters, 2017 Background: Significant mitigation efforts beyond the Nationally Determined Commitments (NDCs) coming out of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement are required to avoid warming of 2 °C above pre-industrial temperatures.
Kelly M Chang +11 more
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The Struggle Against Air Pollution in African Megacities and the Hidden Problems for the Estimation of the Burden of Disease [PDF]
Global ChallengesAir pollution poses a significant threat to global public health, with African megacities facing its severe consequences due to rapid urbanization, industrialization, and transportation challenges.
Vasileios N Matthaios +4 more
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Heliyon, 2023 In the trend of globalization, economic and social benefits of air transportation (AIR) are not indisputable. However, AIR's environmental impacts are still a controversial issue.
Nattapan Kongbuamai +3 more
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021 Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a pollutant of concern in urban areas around the world. The main sources in urban environments are related to the burning of fuel and include transportation, electricity generation, and industrial and residential activities ...
Carlos E. Restrepo
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Habit persistence in tourist sub-industries
Journal of Applied Economics, 2021 Habit persistence across six U.S. tourism sub-industries is estimated using a dynamic forward looking model. Estimates show that habits largely determine current expenditure for air transportation, shopping, accommodation, and other transportation ...
Adrian R. Fleissig
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The effect of policy planning, population and age structure on carbon emission under different city scale [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 In recent years, air pollution has become more and more serious in the world. The transportation system in cities made a large contribution to carbon emission. Therefore, the problem of urban traffic pollution needed to be solved urgently. The city scale,
Tang Kaicheng
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An evolutionary approach to air transport: market, technology and institutional co-evolution
Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica, 2013 This paper covers the development dynamics of the air transportation industry. Having the evolutionary economic geography as the frame of reference, we analyze the co-evolution of the market (selective environment), the aeronautics knowledge and ...
Pere Suau-Sanchez +1 more
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Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2022 Energy transition policies have been proposed for the two imperative tasks of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions peaking and air pollution control in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region in China. This study assesses the impact of the policies on CO2 emissions
Weidong Chen +11 more
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Assessment of Eco-Friendly Effects on Green Transportation Demand Management
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2021 Transportation demand management has been implemented in Seoul to realize the transit-oriented development for its evolution into an eco-friendly city.
Donggyun Ku +5 more
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