Do Individuals’ Activity Structures Influence Their PM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub> Exposure Levels? Evidence from Human Trajectory Data in Wuhan City
Severe air pollution has become a major risk to human health from a global environmental perspective. It has been recognized that human mobility is an essential component in individual exposure assessment. Activity structure reflects the characteristics of human mobility. Thus, a better understandin...
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doaj-4ae0b2421d33490280e9981b3bd5c4682021-04-26T23:03:03ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1661-78271660-46012021-04-01184583458310.3390/ijerph18094583Do Individuals’ Activity Structures Influence Their PM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub> Exposure Levels? Evidence from Human Trajectory Data in Wuhan CitySiyu Ma0Lin Yang1Mei-Po Kwan2Zejun Zuo3Haoyue Qian4Minghao Li5School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan 430074, ChinaSchool of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan 430074, ChinaInstitute of Space and Earth Information Science, Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, ChinaSchool of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan 430074, ChinaSchool of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan 430074, ChinaSchool of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan 430074, ChinaSevere air pollution has become a major risk to human health from a global environmental perspective. It has been recognized that human mobility is an essential component in individual exposure assessment. Activity structure reflects the characteristics of human mobility. Thus, a better understanding of the relationship between human activity structure and individual exposure level is of crucial relevance. This study examines this relationship using a large cell-phone GPS dataset in Wuhan, China. The results indicate that there is a strong linear relationship between people’s activity structures and exposures to PM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub>. Inter-group comparisons based on the four activity structure groups obtained with K-means clustering found that groups with different activity structures do experience different levels of PM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub> exposure. Furthermore, differences in detailed characteristics of activity structure were also found at different exposure levels at the intra-group level. These results show that people’s activity structures do influence their exposure levels. The paper provides a new perspective for understanding individual exposure through human activity structure, which helps move the perspective of research on individual exposure from the semantic of physical location to the semantic of human activity pattern.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/9/4583PM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub> exposurehuman mobilitycell phone GPS datasetactivity patternsPM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub> |
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Do Individuals’ Activity Structures Influence Their PM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub> Exposure Levels? Evidence from Human Trajectory Data in Wuhan City |
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Do Individuals’ Activity Structures Influence Their PM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub> Exposure Levels? Evidence from Human Trajectory Data in Wuhan City |
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Do Individuals’ Activity Structures Influence Their PM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub> Exposure Levels? Evidence from Human Trajectory Data in Wuhan City |
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Do Individuals’ Activity Structures Influence Their PM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub> Exposure Levels? Evidence from Human Trajectory Data in Wuhan City |
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Do Individuals’ Activity Structures Influence Their PM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub> Exposure Levels? Evidence from Human Trajectory Data in Wuhan City |
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do individuals’ activity structures influence their pm<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub> exposure levels? evidence from human trajectory data in wuhan city |
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Severe air pollution has become a major risk to human health from a global environmental perspective. It has been recognized that human mobility is an essential component in individual exposure assessment. Activity structure reflects the characteristics of human mobility. Thus, a better understanding of the relationship between human activity structure and individual exposure level is of crucial relevance. This study examines this relationship using a large cell-phone GPS dataset in Wuhan, China. The results indicate that there is a strong linear relationship between people’s activity structures and exposures to PM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub>. Inter-group comparisons based on the four activity structure groups obtained with K-means clustering found that groups with different activity structures do experience different levels of PM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub> exposure. Furthermore, differences in detailed characteristics of activity structure were also found at different exposure levels at the intra-group level. These results show that people’s activity structures do influence their exposure levels. The paper provides a new perspective for understanding individual exposure through human activity structure, which helps move the perspective of research on individual exposure from the semantic of physical location to the semantic of human activity pattern. |
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PM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub> exposure human mobility cell phone GPS dataset activity patterns PM<sub>2</sub>.<sub>5</sub> |
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