Impact on air quality of measures to reduce CO 2 emissions from road traffic in Basel, Rotterdam, Xi'an and Suzhou

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 434-441

  Keuken, M P ^a   Jonkers, S ^a   Verhagen, H L M ^a   Perez, L ^b   Trueb S ^c   Okkerse, W J ^d   Liu, J ^e   Pan, X C ^e   Zheng, L ^f   Wang, H ^g   Xu, R ^g   Sabel, C E ^h  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d DCMR   (Netherlands)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^g NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CO 2 emission reduction; Elemental carbon; Particulate matter; Traffic measures

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); ROADS AND STREETS; URBAN GROWTH;

ANNUAL AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CO2 EMISSION REDUCTION; ELEMENTAL CARBON; EMISSION STANDARD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIVATE VEHICLES; TRAFFIC MEASURES;

AIR QUALITY;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; ROAD; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; MOTOR VEHICLE; REDUCTION; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

BASEL; BASEL-STADT; CHINA; JIANGSU; NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SHAANXI; SOUTH HOLLAND; SUZHOU; SWITZERLAND; XIAN;

EID: 84907065909     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.09.024     Document Type: Article

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