Temporary driving restrictions, air pollution, and contemporaneous health: Evidence from China

Qing, Han; Ying, Liu; Lu, Zilong

doi:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103572

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“…To determine and distinguish the interruption-recovery patterns, it is essential to evaluate the actual effects of different lockdown policies under COVID-19 upon urban air quality [ 33 ]. quantified the heterogeneous effects of COVID-19 lockdown measures on air quality via difference-in-differences (DID) that can account for uncontrollable and unpredictable factors [ 6 ].…”

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Characterizing the interruption-recovery patterns of urban air pollution under the COVID-19 lockdown in China

Cai

Wang

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Building and Environment

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The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to study the effects of urban lockdown policies on the variation in pollutant concentrations and to characterize the recovery patterns of urban air pollution under the interruption of COVID-19 lockdown policies. In this paper, interruption-recovery models and regression discontinuity design were developed to characterize air pollution interruption-recovery patterns and analyze environmental impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown, using air pollution data from four Chinese metropolises (i.e., Shanghai, Wuhan, Tianjin, and Guangzhou). The results revealed the air pollutant interruption-recovery curve represented by the three lockdown response periods (Level I, Level II and Level III) during COVID-19. The curve decreased during Level I (A 25.3%–48.8% drop in the concentration of NO 2 has been observed in the four metropolises compared with the same period in 2018–2019.), then recovered around reopening, but decreased again during Level III. Moreover, the interruption-recovery curve of the year-on-year air pollution difference suggests a process of first decreasing during Level I and gradually recovering to a new equilibrium during Level III (e.g., the unit cumulative difference of NO 2 mass concentrations in Shanghai was 21.7, 22.5, 11.3 (μg/m 3 ) during Level I, II, and III and other metropolises shared similar results). Our findings reveal general trends in the air quality externality of different lockdown policies, hence could provide valuable insights into air pollutant interruption-recovery patterns and clear scientific guides for policymakers to estimate the effect of different lockdown policies on urban air quality.

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Characterizing the interruption-recovery patterns of urban air pollution under the COVID-19 lockdown in China

Cai

Wang

et al. 2021

Building and Environment

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“…An example in China is Jinan, which enforced the odd-even restriction as a temporary policy to alleviate air pollution. The concentrations of CO and PM 10 were reduced by 46.6% and 33.1%, respectively [41]. The effect of the one-day-per-week policy varies from place to place.…”

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Review of Urban Access Regulations from the Sustainability Viewpoint

Ma,

Mészáros

2024

Urban Science

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This article reviewed the urban vehicle access control policies derived from disparate spatiotemporal dimensions that aim to eliminate the negative externalities of traffic caused by urbanization. Urban access regulations are important tools often required to achieve the sustainable mobility vision of cities. Employing a systematic literature review methodology, this review summarized and analyzed various urban access control policies to enlighten policymakers and future scientific research. The results indicate that combinations of multiple-dimensional restriction policies (including inter-policy and intra-policy) have more significant effects than implementing a single policy. Classified according to their objectives, control policies were discussed in terms of their benefits and limitations. The authors are inspired to propose and describe five paradoxes of urban access control policies.

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“…deGrange and Troncoso (2011) find that temporary, rush-hour bans on all cars decreased pollution and increased subway but not bus ridership. Han et al (2020) investigate a temporary, sixteen-day driving restriction policy in Jinan in 2009 and find significant reductions in CO and PM10.…”

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A Mayor's Perspective on Tackling Air Pollution

Viard

2021

SSRN Journal

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Temporary driving restrictions, air pollution, and contemporaneous health: Evidence from China

Cited by 20 publications

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Characterizing the interruption-recovery patterns of urban air pollution under the COVID-19 lockdown in China

Characterizing the interruption-recovery patterns of urban air pollution under the COVID-19 lockdown in China

Review of Urban Access Regulations from the Sustainability Viewpoint

A Mayor's Perspective on Tackling Air Pollution

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