Lockdown measures and air quality: evidence from Italian provinces

The aim of this short communication is to estimate the effects of the implementation of more restrictive lockdown measures on pollution levels in Italy. Using a time series of weekly concentrations of PM(10), PM(2.5) and NO(2) for the period 2016–2020 across 71 provinces, we find that the introducti...

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Autores principales: Malpede, Maurizio, Percoco, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Original Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7970822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33758625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12076-021-00267-4
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description The aim of this short communication is to estimate the effects of the implementation of more restrictive lockdown measures on pollution levels in Italy. Using a time series of weekly concentrations of PM(10), PM(2.5) and NO(2) for the period 2016–2020 across 71 provinces, we find that the introduction of lockdown measures reduced the air concentration levels of PM(10) and NO(2) by 17–18%, while their effect on PM(2.5) remains unclear. These results indicate that the lockdown had a significant positive impact in terms of lives saved and improved air quality.
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spelling pubmed-79708222021-03-19 Lockdown measures and air quality: evidence from Italian provinces Malpede, Maurizio Percoco, Marco Lett Spat Resour Sci Original Paper The aim of this short communication is to estimate the effects of the implementation of more restrictive lockdown measures on pollution levels in Italy. Using a time series of weekly concentrations of PM(10), PM(2.5) and NO(2) for the period 2016–2020 across 71 provinces, we find that the introduction of lockdown measures reduced the air concentration levels of PM(10) and NO(2) by 17–18%, while their effect on PM(2.5) remains unclear. These results indicate that the lockdown had a significant positive impact in terms of lives saved and improved air quality. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-02-21 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7970822/ /pubmed/33758625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12076-021-00267-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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