Quantifying air pollution attenuation within urban parks: An experimental approach in Shanghai, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 2155-2163

  Yin, Shan ^a,b   Shen, Zhemin ^a   Zhou, Pisheng ^a   Zou, Xiaodong ^a   Che, Shengquan ^a   Wang, Wenhua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Air quality; Crown volume coverage (CVC); Urban park; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS; ATTENUATION EFFECT; CROWN VOLUME; CROWN VOLUME COVERAGE (CVC); DIFFUSION DISTANCE; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; POLLUTANTS REMOVAL; SHANGHAI , CHINA; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES; URBAN AREAS; URBAN PARK; URBAN PARKS; URBAN VEGETATION; VEGETATION CONDITION;

AIR QUALITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

PARKS;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PARK MANAGEMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN VOLUME COVERAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN PARK; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANTS; SEASONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA; PUDONG; SHANGHAI;

EID: 79958834562     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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