Air Pollution, Air Quality Management, and Environmental Sustainability
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Interests: global public health; urban public health; tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) immune responses; transmission of Mtb in communities; environmental health; air pollution particulate matter; particulate matter effects on human host immunity
Interests: environmental health; exposure science; risk assessment; environmental modeling; environmental monitoring
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Air pollution, air quality management, and environmental sustainability are inextricably linked. With poor air quality representing a growing threat as a leading obstacle to global health and both an outcome of and a contributor to environmental degradation, it presents a real and present danger to advancing sustainability especially in urban settings. Given rapid global urbanization and continued household biomass usage in low-income environments and increased frequency of wildfires, poor air quality places a significant burden on public health systems with increased morbidity and mortality of respiratory and cardiovascular systems, cancer, and infectious disease. In addition to these direct impacts on human health, air pollution harms ecosystems and threatens biodiversity.
This Special Issue of Sustainability aims to advance knowledge and its application at the intersection of air pollution and public health and includes consideration of solutions focused on air quality management and advancing environmental sustainability. We invite original research, reviews, and short reports on innovative air pollution management and monitoring approaches and technologies, exposure assessment techniques, ecological risk factors, and health outcomes associated with poor air quality. This Issue seeks to highlight interdisciplinary approaches that protect both human health and the ecological environment, ultimately advancing sustainable solutions. Contributions that explore strategies to reduce air pollution and promote effective air quality management and that examine policies seeking to promote sustainable urban and natural environments are especially encouraged.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Stephan K. Schwander
Dr. Yeongkwon Son
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- air pollution
- wildfire smoke
- air quality monitoring
- air pollution management and reduction
- environmental sustainability
- exposure and risk mitigation
- environmental policy
- public health
- urban public health
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