Pedestrian Exposure to Air Pollution in Cities: Modeling the Effect of Roadside Trees

The exposure of students to traffic-emitted carbon monoxide (CO) in their daily walk to school is evaluated, with a particular emphasis on the effect of trees and route choice. The study is focused on the city centre of Aveiro, in central Portugal. Time evolution of the georeferenced location of an...

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Main Authors: Jorge Humberto Amorim, Joana Valente, Pedro Cascão, Vera Rodrigues, Cláudia Pimentel, Ana I. Miranda, Carlos Borrego
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/964904