ArticleLand use policy2022
Relationships between urban form and air quality: A reconsideration based on evidence from China's five urban agglomerations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Human activity's impact on urban vegetation in China during the COVID-19 lockdown: An atypical anthropogenic disturbance.iScience · 2025Article
- Long-Term Air Pollution Characteristics and Multi-scale Meteorological Factor Variability Analysis of Mega-mountain Cities in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle.Water, air, and soil pollution · 2023Article
- Exploring the Effects of Industrial Land Transfer on Urban Air Quality Using a Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Effects of urban form on air quality: A case study from China comparing years with normal and reduced human activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Cities (London, England) · 2022Article
- Using a Random Forest Model to Study the Impact of Local Government-Led Urbanization on Urban Sustainable Development.Journal of environmental and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) led to the widespread stagnation of urban activities, resulting in a significant reduction in industrial pollution and traffic pollution. This affected how urban form influences air quality. This study reconsiders the influence of urban form on air quality in five urban agglomerations in China during the pandemic period. The random forest algorithm was used to quantitate the urban form-air quality relationship. The urban form was described by urban size, shape, fragmentation, compactness, and sprawl. Air quality was evaluated by the Air Quality Index (AQI) and the concentration of six pollutants (CO, O
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