Urban Air Pollution and Odour
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Pollution Control".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editor
2. UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Interests: odorants; odorant emissions; odours; PM; kinetics; VOCs; chemical transformation; wastewater; wastewater treatment plants; biosolids; waste management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urban air pollution remains one of the most pressing environmental and public health challenges worldwide. While traditional air quality studies have largely focused on regulated pollutants, such as particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, ozone, and volatile organic compounds, odours represent an equally significant yet often overlooked dimension of atmospheric pollution in cities. Odorous emissions from traffic, industry, waste management, agriculture, and wastewater treatment plants not only degrade urban air quality but also strongly influence human perception, well-being, and quality of life.
This Special Issue, titled “Urban Air Pollution and Odour”, invites contributions that advance our understanding of the sources, dynamics, monitoring, modelling, and mitigation of both regulated air pollutants and odorous emissions in urban contexts. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: advanced monitoring and sensing technologies, source apportionment and dispersion modelling, the health and societal impacts of odours, regulatory and policy approaches, citizen science initiatives, and innovative mitigation strategies.
Through this collection, we aim to bring together interdisciplinary research from the fields of atmospheric science, engineering, environmental health, urban planning, and social sciences. By highlighting both the scientific and societal dimensions of urban air pollution and odour, this Special Issue seeks to foster new knowledge and provide practical insights for improving air quality and quality of life in cities worldwide.
Dr. Radosław J. Barczak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- odorants
- odour emissions
- air quality monitoring
- source apportionment
- dispersion modelling
- health impacts
- mitigation strategies
- environmental policy
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