An optimum city size? the scaling relationship for urban population and fine particulate (PM2.5) concentration

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 208, Issue , 2016, Pages 96-101

  Han, Lijian ^a   Zhou, Weiqi ^a   Pickett, Steward T A ^b   Li, Weifeng ^a   Li, Li ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Developed country; Developing country; Urban air quality; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CHINA AND INDIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FINE PARTICULATES; PM2.5 CONCENTRATION; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; URBAN AIR QUALITY; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPING WORLD; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; AIR QUALITY; CHINA; EUROPE; HUMAN; INDIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; URBAN POPULATION; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; EUROPE; INDIA; LATIN AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84959163826     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.08.039     Document Type: Article

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