Populations potentially exposed to traffic-related air pollution in seven world cities

Environment International

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 82-89

  Su, Jason G ^a   Apte, Joshua S ^a   Lipsitt, Jonah ^a   Garcia Gonzales, Diane A ^a   Beckerman, Bernardo S ^a   de Nazelle, Audrey ^b   Texcalac Sangrador, José Luis ^c   Jerrett, Michael ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer analysis; Building footprint; Geographic Information Systems; Population exposure; Remote sensing; Traffic related air pollution; Urban form

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; ROADS AND STREETS;

BUFFER ANALYSIS; BUILDING FOOTPRINT; POPULATION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION; URBAN FORM;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

NITROGEN OXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMOTE SENSING; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD CITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING FOOTPRINT; CANADA; CHINA; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; FRANCE; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; INDIA; MEXICO; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; ROAD NETWORK; ROADWAY DENSITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EUROPE; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84924732773     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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