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Spatial heterogeneity and air pollution removal by an urban forest
Estimates of air pollution removal by the urban forest have mostly been based on mean values of forest structure variables for an entire city. However, the urban forest is not uniformly distributed across a city because ...
CARBON MONOXIDE CONCENTRATION IN A STREET CANYON OF BUENOS AIRES CITY (ARGENTINA)
(Springer, 2000-12)
The analysis of three years of 8-h CO concentration values registered in a deep street canyon downtown shows high frequency of values that exceed WHO health protection guidelines. An inverse relationship between opposing ...
Analysis of urban pollution episodes by inverse modeling
(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2010)
Urban pollution episodes pose two relevant issues: a) was the episode controlled by specific meteorology, a rise of emissions or both? b) Were mitigation measures effective in curbing down pollution? A methodology for ...
The role of a peri-urban forest on air quality improvement in the Mexico City megalopolis
Air quality improvement by a forested, peri-urban national park was quantified by combining the Urban Forest Effects (UFORE) and the Weather Research and Forecasting coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) models. We estimated ...
Quality of Life in Relation to Urban Areasand Sustainability. Application Case: City of La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020)
This chapter deals with theoretical-conceptual and instrumental aspects that relate the fundamental dimensions of the quality of life within the framework of the urban area and its sustainability degree. Regarding the ...
Trends in air quality and population exposure in Santiago, Chile, 1989-2001
(INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD, 2004)
This study focused on establishing trends in the period 1988-2001 in PM2.5, PM10 and ozone concentrations in Santiago, Chile, and linking those to population exposure. There is strong seasonality in the concentration levels, ...