Traffic Emissions and Urban Environmental Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 4654
Special Issue Editor
Interests: Air Quality, Atmospheric chemistry, Vehicle emissions, Primary Organic Aerosol (SOA), Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA), Organic aerosol, Chemical composition, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Black Carbon, soot
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Special Issue Information
Urban air pollution has been recognized as one of the world’s largest single environmental health risk. Especially in big cities, where population is exposed to high levels of pollutants, atmospheric pollution may increase premature mortality from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. One of the most important sources of urban air pollution is emissions from diesel and gasoline engines. These engines release particulate matter (PM) such as black carbon (BC), organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and gaseous pollutants such as O3, NOx, SO2, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the atmosphere. In addition to the health effects, these emissions play an important role in the global climate change.
During the last few decades, the development of new technologies generally resulted in lower emissions, and thus, in significant improvements in air quality. However, even though there was a reduction in specific regulated species, there are still compounds either in the gas or the particulate phase that are released in high concentrations and can be quite toxic.
This Special Issue is devoted to improving our knowledge related to vehicle emissions. High-quality emission studies from any kind of vehicles such as passenger cars, trucks, buses, scooters, and trains are welcome. We are especially interested in emissions of new unexplored technologies, even if they are in an experimental stage. Both regulated and unregulated emission pollutants are anticipated.
Dr. Evangelia Kostenidou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Vehicle emissions
- Primary organic aerosol
- Black carbon, soot
- Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
- Chemical composition