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Página principal > Artículos > Artículos publicados > A take-home message from COVID-19 on urban air pollution reduction through mobility limitations and teleworking |
Fecha: | 2021 |
Resumen: | The rigorous traffic limitations during COVID-19 have forced many people to work from home, reaching an outstanding degree of teleworking and reduction in air pollution. This exceptional situation can be examined as a large-scale pilot test to determine the potential of improving urban air quality through teleworking. Based on observed traffic reductions during the COVID-19 lockdown in Barcelona, we formulate socio-occupational scenarios, with various configurations of teleworking, and simulate them using the chemistry transport model WRF-Chem with multi-layer urban scheme. By intensifying teleworking to 2, 3, and 4 days a week, averaged NO2 concentrations are reduced by 4% (−1. 5 μg m−3), 8% (−3 μg m−3), and 10% (−6 μg m−3), respectively, while O3 increases moderately (up to 3 μg m−3). We propose that teleworking be prioritized and promoted as an effective contribution towards reduction of long-term urban air pollution and short-term pollution peaks. |
Ayudas: | European Commission 818002 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CEX2019-000940-M Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad PRE2018-085425 Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad TIN2017-84553-C2-1-R |
Nota: | Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M |
Derechos: | Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. |
Lengua: | Anglès |
Documento: | Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
Materia: | Atmospheric chemistry ; Pollution remediation |
Publicado en: | npj Urban Sustainability, Vol. 35 (2021) , ISSN 2661-8001 |
10 p, 3.0 MB |