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Effectiveness of green infrastructure for improvement of air quality in urban street canyons [1]

Street-level concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM) exceed public health standards in many cities, causing increased mortality and morbidity. Concentrations can be reduced by controlling emissions, increasing dispersion, or increasing deposition rates, but little attention has been paid to the latter as a pollution control method. Both NO2 and PM are deposited onto surfaces at rates that vary according to the nature of the surface; deposition rates to vegetation are much higher than those to hard, built surfaces.

Publication Date: 
04/06/2012
Thomas A. M. Pugh [2], A. Robert MacKenzie [3], J. Duncan Whyatt & et al [4]
Environmental Science and Technology [5]
46
14
7692–7699
Tags:
Urban Air Quality [6], Nitrogen Dioxide [7], Flora [8], London [9], United Kingdom (UK) [10], Urban Beautification [11], RSPM (PM 10) [12], Air Pollution Control [13], Vehicular Pollution [14]
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nitrogen-dioxide
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/flora
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/london
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[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-beautification
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rspm-pm-10
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution-control
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicular-pollution