Effects of the quarantines and activity restrictions related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on air quality in Latin America's cities

Air pollution represents a major environmental health hazard. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is responsible for 300,000 deaths every year in the Americas, and 9 in every 10 people are breathing polluted air at this very moment. The air pollutants that are most harmful to human...

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Otros Autores:	NU. CEPAL
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Publicado:	ECLAC 2020
Materias:	COVID-19 VIRUS EPIDEMIAS ENFERMEDADES VIROSICAS CUARENTENA CIUDADES CALIDAD DEL AIRE CONTAMINACION ATMOSFERICA SALUD VIRUSES EPIDEMICS VIRAL DISEASES QUARANTINE CITIES AIR QUALITY AIR POLLUTION HEALTH
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spelling	oai-11362-458852020-08-06T22:55:36Z Effects of the quarantines and activity restrictions related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on air quality in Latin America's cities NU. CEPAL COVID-19 VIRUS EPIDEMIAS ENFERMEDADES VIROSICAS CUARENTENA CIUDADES CALIDAD DEL AIRE CONTAMINACION ATMOSFERICA SALUD COVID-19 VIRUSES EPIDEMICS VIRAL DISEASES QUARANTINE CITIES AIR QUALITY AIR POLLUTION HEALTH Air pollution represents a major environmental health hazard. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is responsible for 300,000 deaths every year in the Americas, and 9 in every 10 people are breathing polluted air at this very moment. The air pollutants that are most harmful to human and environmental health are coarse particulate matter (PM10) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2). The concentrations of these pollutants in city air are then determined by the environmental conditions prevailing in each case. As multiple factors are in play, it is impossible to attribute any reduction in concentrations exclusively to the activity restrictions and quarantines imposed to deal with the current COVID-19 pandemic. The measures adopted by the region’s national or local governments to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic include quarantines, lockdown orders and the reduction or cessation of economic activities, which have impacted production levels and human mobility. As there is also anecdotal evidence that air quality has improved, this document presents the results of a statistical investigation into the concentrations of these three key pollutants in selected cities3 of the region that are home to about 14% of Latin America’s urban population: Bogotá, Lima, Mexico City, Monterrey (Mexico), Quito, Santiago and São Paulo (Brazil) to determine whether the measures deployed have in fact contributed to better air quality. 2020-08-06T21:29:53Z 2020-08-06T21:29:53Z 2020-08-06 Texto Documento Completo http://hdl.handle.net/11362/45885 en .pdf application/pdf AMERICA LATINA LATIN AMERICA ECLAC
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topic	COVID-19 VIRUS EPIDEMIAS ENFERMEDADES VIROSICAS CUARENTENA CIUDADES CALIDAD DEL AIRE CONTAMINACION ATMOSFERICA SALUD COVID-19 VIRUSES EPIDEMICS VIRAL DISEASES QUARANTINE CITIES AIR QUALITY AIR POLLUTION HEALTH
spellingShingle	COVID-19 VIRUS EPIDEMIAS ENFERMEDADES VIROSICAS CUARENTENA CIUDADES CALIDAD DEL AIRE CONTAMINACION ATMOSFERICA SALUD COVID-19 VIRUSES EPIDEMICS VIRAL DISEASES QUARANTINE CITIES AIR QUALITY AIR POLLUTION HEALTH Effects of the quarantines and activity restrictions related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on air quality in Latin America's cities
description	Air pollution represents a major environmental health hazard. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is responsible for 300,000 deaths every year in the Americas, and 9 in every 10 people are breathing polluted air at this very moment. The air pollutants that are most harmful to human and environmental health are coarse particulate matter (PM10) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2). The concentrations of these pollutants in city air are then determined by the environmental conditions prevailing in each case. As multiple factors are in play, it is impossible to attribute any reduction in concentrations exclusively to the activity restrictions and quarantines imposed to deal with the current COVID-19 pandemic. The measures adopted by the region’s national or local governments to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic include quarantines, lockdown orders and the reduction or cessation of economic activities, which have impacted production levels and human mobility. As there is also anecdotal evidence that air quality has improved, this document presents the results of a statistical investigation into the concentrations of these three key pollutants in selected cities3 of the region that are home to about 14% of Latin America’s urban population: Bogotá, Lima, Mexico City, Monterrey (Mexico), Quito, Santiago and São Paulo (Brazil) to determine whether the measures deployed have in fact contributed to better air quality.
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title	Effects of the quarantines and activity restrictions related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on air quality in Latin America's cities
title_short	Effects of the quarantines and activity restrictions related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on air quality in Latin America's cities
title_full	Effects of the quarantines and activity restrictions related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on air quality in Latin America's cities
title_fullStr	Effects of the quarantines and activity restrictions related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on air quality in Latin America's cities
title_full_unstemmed	Effects of the quarantines and activity restrictions related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on air quality in Latin America's cities
title_sort	effects of the quarantines and activity restrictions related to the coronavirus disease (covid-19) on air quality in latin america's cities
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Effects of the quarantines and activity restrictions related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on air quality in Latin America's cities

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