Urban Health: Emission Sources, Pollutant Transport, and Associated Health Impacts
A special issue of Urban Science (ISSN 2413-8851).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2019) | Viewed by 9713
Special Issue Editor
Interests: atmospheric sciences; environmental and occupational health; computer modeling of human exposure to pollutants; Bayesian framework to model and quantify commuter exposure; black carbon fine particulate matter and carbon monoxide
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on pollutant exposure modeling and observations within urban domains towards health outcomes. With the expansion of urban centers around the world, both spatially and in population, a larger emphasis has been placed on the pollutant exposure of city-dwellers. As the majority and a growing number of the world’s population is already living in urbanized areas, which can be large sources and sinks of a multitude of pollutants, the health implications are significant.
There are many ways to assess exposure, including observation and modeling-based approaches. The observational pollutant data being collected range from the stationary regulatory-grade to the citizen science grade, and mobile platforms including sensors mounted on research vehicles, public transit, and airborne instruments. Exposure modeling studies have used land use regression models and complex atmospheric transport models to predict pollutant exposure.
Topics for this Special Issue include studies that focus on novel techniques to estimate the pollution exposure of the urban population whether they be observational or modeled, in association with a health outcome. Work that is interdisciplinary is particularly welcome, as an integrative approach is a necessity in order to discuss the impact of urban pollution on population health and find appropriate measures.
Dr. Daniel Mendoza
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- urban pollution
- pollutant observation
- health outcomes
- population health
- exposure modeling
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