Integration of population mobility in the evaluation of air quality measures on local and regional scales

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-74

  Dhondt, S ^a   Beckx, C ^b   Degraeuwe, B ^b   Lefebvre, W ^b   Kochan, B ^c   Bellemans, T ^c   Int Panis, L ^b,c   Macharis, C ^a   Putman, K ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elemental carbon; Exposure modelling; Scenario analysis; Time activity; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY-TRAVEL PATTERNS; AIR POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; CURRENT SITUATION; ELEMENTAL CARBON; FUEL PRICES; HOTSPOTS; MOBILITY PATTERN; NEIGHBOURHOOD; POPULATION EXPOSURE; QUALITY MEASURES; REGIONAL SCALE; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; TIME-ACTIVITY; TRANSPORTATION POLICIES; URBAN AREAS;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

URBAN PLANNING;

CARBON; FUEL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON; COMMUTING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUROPEAN COMMISSION; MOBILITY; MOTORWAY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION MIGRATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN SITE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MEASUREMENT; POLICY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA;

EUROPE;

EID: 84863194859     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.04.055     Document Type: Article

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