Assessing the COVID-19 Lockdown Impact on Global Air Quality: A Transportation Perspective by Meina Zheng, Feng Liu, Meichang Wang

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Impacts of meteorology and emission reductions on haze pollution during the lockdown in the North China Plain by L. Liu, L. Liu, X. Long, Y. Li, Y. Li, Z. Zang, Z. Zang, F. Wang, Y. Han, Z. Bao, Y. Chen, T. Feng, J. Yang

“…<p>Haze events in the North China Plain (NCP) during the COVID-19 lockdown underscore the intricate challenges of air quality management amid reduced human activities. …”
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Changes of Air Pollutants in Urban Cities during the COVID-19 Lockdown-Sri Lanka by Buddhi Pushpawela, Sherly Shelton, Gayathri Liyanage, Sanduni Jayasekara, Dimuthu Rajapaksha, Akila Jayasundara, Lesty Das Jayasuriya

“…Abstract In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, Sri Lanka underwent a nationwide lockdown that limited motor vehicle movement, industrial operations, and human activities. …”
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Health Benefits Due to Reduction in Respirable Particulates during COVID-19 Lockdown in India by Anubha Goel, Pallavi Saxena, Saurabh Sonwani, Shubham Rathi, Ananya Srivastava, Akash Kumar Bharti, Supreme Jain, Shubhanshi Singh, Anuradha Shukla, Anju Srivastava

“…Improvement in city air quality has emerged as a benefit of this lockdown in India. The objective of this paper is to quantify the health benefits due to this lockdown. …”
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The Dilemma of Vulnerable Groups During Lockdown: Implications for Social Work Education and Practice in Ghana by John Boulard Forkuor, Charles Selorm Deku, Eric Agyemang

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Impact of Mobile Technology and Use of Big Data in Physics Education During Coronavirus Lockdown by Edeh Michael Onyema, Rijwan Khan, Nwafor Chika Eucheria, Tribhuwan Kumar

“…The speed of spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 led to global lockdowns and disruptions in the academic sector. The study examined the impact of mobile technology on physics education during lockdowns. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom on adolescent’s time use (CONTRAST study) by Irina Pokhilenko, Emma Frew, Marie Murphy, Miranda Pallan

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Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom on adolescent's time use (CONTRAST study). by Irina Pokhilenko, Emma Frew, Marie Murphy, Miranda Pallan

“…<h4>Discussion</h4>This study contributes to the body of evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people and suggests that some of the pre-lockdown inequalities in time allocation were attenuated as a result of the lockdown. …”
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Effect of Fireworks, Chinese New Year and the COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Pollution and Public Attitudes by Peter Brimblecombe, Yonghang Lai

“…The early months of the year see the celebratory use of fireworks, a week-long public holiday in China, but in 2020 overlapped in Hubei Province with lockdowns, some of > 70 days duration. The urban lockdowns enforced to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic give a chance to explore the effect of rapid changes in societal activities on air pollution, with a public willing to leave views on social media and show a continuing concern about the return of pollution problems after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. …”
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Indoor and Outdoor Exposure to PM2.5 during COVID-19 Lockdown in Suburban Malaysia by Eliani Ezani, Peter Brimblecombe, Zulfa Hanan Asha’ari, Amirul Aiman Fazil, Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail, Zamzam Tuah Ahmad Ramly, Md Firoz Khan

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EFFECTS OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN ON URBAN FAMILY LIFE IN MARARABA SUBURB OF NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA by Ambrose W. Ogidi, Philip Orlaade Abughul Orlaade Abughul, Mohammed Ayuba Oche Oche

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Air Quality Status in Wuhan City during and One Year after the COVID-19 Lockdown by Crystal Jane Ethan, Kingsley Katleho Mokoena, Yan Yu

“…Using the independent t-test, the means of air quality index (AQI) and individual air pollutants concentration during the lockdown were compared with the means after the lockdown. …”
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Lockdown to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity to Create a Less Polluted Environment in India by Preet Lal, Amit Kumar, Supriya Bharti, Purabi Saikia, Dibyendu Adhikari, M. L. Khan

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Long-range Transport of Air Pollutants to Taiwan during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Hubei Province by I-Chien Lai, Peter Brimblecombe

“…Abstract Lockdown implemented to limit transmission of the COVID-19 virus in China reduced the emissions of air pollutants especially around Hubei Province, though restrictions were more widely applied across the country. …”
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Changes in Air Quality during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Singapore and Associations with Human Mobility Trends by Jiayu Li, Federico Tartarini

“…Abstract On the 7th of April, the Singaporean government enforced strict lockdown measures with the aim of reducing the transmission chain of the coronavirus disease 2019. …”
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EXITING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: Economic Interests Must Not Take Primacy over Public Health by Declan Kearney

Subjects: “…EXITING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: Economic Interests Must Not Take Primacy over Public Health…”
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Improvement of Air Quality during the COVID-19 Lockdowns in the Republic of Slovenia and its Connection with Meteorology by Maja Ivanovski, Petra Dolšak Lavrič, Rudi Vončina, Darko Goričanec, Danijela Urbancl

“…This study investigates predominantly the changes in concentration levels of air pollutants (PM10 and PM2.5) in the Republic of Slovenia during the year 2020, which was marked by COVID-19 lockdowns. In this study, the data for the year 2020 were divided into four periods, i.e., the period before COVID-19 (1 January–11 March 2020), the first lockdown (12 March–31 May 2020), after the first lockdown (1 June–17 October 2020), and the second lockdown (18 October–31 December 2020). …”
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Investigation on the Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdown and Influencing Factors on Air Quality in Greater Bangkok, Thailand by Parichat Wetchayont

“…With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world, many countries announced lockdown measures, including Thailand. Several scientific studies have reported on improvements in air quality due to the impact of these COVID-19 lockdowns. …”
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Air quality in Barcelona during the COVID-19 lockdown and the global effect on CO2 emissions by Javier Martín-Vide, Alberto Zayas, Ferran Salvador, Mª Carmen Moreno-García

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Smart natural technology &amp; maintenance of sustainable aquatic environment: A study during lockdown by Sucharita Bhattacharyya, Anwesh Bhowmick

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