Spatiotemporal impact of COVID-19 on Taiwan air quality in the absence of a lockdown: Influence of urban public transportation use and meteorological conditions

• Main Authors: Wong, Yong Jie, Shiu, Huan-Yu, Chang, Jackson Hian Wui, Ooi, Maggie Chel Gee, Li, Hsueh-Hsun, Ryosuke Homma, Chiueh, Pei-Te, Luksanaree Maneechot, Nik Meriam Nik Sulaiman
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: TA1001-1280 Transportation engineering; TD878-894 Special types of environment Including soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34133/1/Spatiotemporal%20impact%20of%20COVID-19%20on%20Taiwan%20air%20quality%20in%20the%20absence%20of%20a%20lockdown_%20Influence%20of%20urban%20public%20transportation%20use%20and%20meteorological%20conditions.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34133/3/Spatiotemporal%20impact%20of%20COVID-19%20on%20Taiwan%20air%20quality%20in%20the%20absence%20of%20a%20lockdown_%20Influence%20of%20urban%20public%20transportation%20use%20and%20meteorological%20conditions%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34133/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652622024866?via%3Dihub; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132893

The unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19 significantly improved the atmospheric environment for lockdown-imposed regions; however, scant evidence exists on its impacts on regions without lockdown. A novel research framework is proposed to evaluate the long-term monthly spatiotemporal impact of COVID-1...