The greatest air quality experiment ever
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The greatest air quality experiment everPolicy suggestions from the COVID-19 lockdown in twelve European citiesGeneralSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingSDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesSDG 13 - Climate ActionPublisher Copyright: Copyright: © 2022 Volta et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) hit Europe in January 2020. By March, Europe was the active centre of the pandemic. As a result, widespread "lockdown" measures were enforced across the various European countries, even if to a different extent. Such actions caused a dramatic reduction, especially in road traffic. This event can be considered the most significant experiment ever conducted in Europe to assess the impact of a massive switch-off of atmospheric pollutant sources. In this study, we focus on in situ concentration data of the main atmospheric pollutants measured in twelve European cities, characterized by different climatology, emission sources, and strengths. We propose a methodology for the fair comparison of the impact of lockdown measures considering the non-stationarity of meteorological conditions and emissions, which are progressively declining due to the adoption of stricter air quality measures. The analysis of these unmatched circumstances allowed us to estimate the impact of a nearly zero-emission urban transport scenario on air quality in 12 European cities. The clearest result, common to all the cities, is that a dramatic traffic reduction effectively reduces NO2 concentrations. In contrast, each city’s PM and ozone concentrations can respond differently to the same type of emission reduction measure. From the policy point of view, these findings suggest that measures targeting urban traffic alone may not be the only effective option for improving air quality in cities.DCEA - Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do AmbienteRUNVolta, MarialuisaGiostra, UmbertoGuariso, GiorgioBaldasano, JoseLutz, MartinKerschbaumer, AndreasRauterberg-Wulff, AnnetteFerreira, FranciscoMendes, LuísaMonjardino, JoanaMoussiopοulos, NicolasVlachokostas, ChristosViaene, PeterStijn, JanssenTurrini, EnricoDeAngelis, ElenaCarnevale, ClaudioWilliams, Martin L.Maione, Michela2023-03-15T22:32:20Z2022-11-302022-11-30T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article14application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/150631eng1932-6203PURE: 55782551https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277428info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:32:40Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/150631Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:54:13.276314Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The greatest air quality experiment ever Policy suggestions from the COVID-19 lockdown in twelve European cities |
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The greatest air quality experiment ever |
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The greatest air quality experiment ever Volta, Marialuisa General SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG 13 - Climate Action |
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Volta, Marialuisa |
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Volta, Marialuisa Giostra, Umberto Guariso, Giorgio Baldasano, Jose Lutz, Martin Kerschbaumer, Andreas Rauterberg-Wulff, Annette Ferreira, Francisco Mendes, Luísa Monjardino, Joana Moussiopοulos, Nicolas Vlachokostas, Christos Viaene, Peter Stijn, Janssen Turrini, Enrico DeAngelis, Elena Carnevale, Claudio Williams, Martin L. Maione, Michela |
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Giostra, Umberto Guariso, Giorgio Baldasano, Jose Lutz, Martin Kerschbaumer, Andreas Rauterberg-Wulff, Annette Ferreira, Francisco Mendes, Luísa Monjardino, Joana Moussiopοulos, Nicolas Vlachokostas, Christos Viaene, Peter Stijn, Janssen Turrini, Enrico DeAngelis, Elena Carnevale, Claudio Williams, Martin L. Maione, Michela |
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DCEA - Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente RUN |
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Volta, Marialuisa Giostra, Umberto Guariso, Giorgio Baldasano, Jose Lutz, Martin Kerschbaumer, Andreas Rauterberg-Wulff, Annette Ferreira, Francisco Mendes, Luísa Monjardino, Joana Moussiopοulos, Nicolas Vlachokostas, Christos Viaene, Peter Stijn, Janssen Turrini, Enrico DeAngelis, Elena Carnevale, Claudio Williams, Martin L. Maione, Michela |
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General SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG 13 - Climate Action |
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General SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG 13 - Climate Action |
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Publisher Copyright: Copyright: © 2022 Volta et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
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