Decrease of mobility, electricity demand, and NO2 emissions on COVID-19 times and their feedback on prevention measures.
Sci Total Environ
; 760: 143382, 2021 Mar 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1342307
ABSTRACT
The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on 2020 has affected human activities in a way never documented in modern history. As a consequence of the prevention measures implemented to contain the virus, cities around the world are experiencing a decrease in urban mobility and electricity demand that have positively affected the air quality. The most extreme cases for cities around the world show a decrease of 90, 40, and 70% in mobility, electricity demand, and NO2 emissions respectively. At the same time, the inspection of these changes along the evaluation of COVID-19 incidence curves allow to obtain feedback about the timely execution of prevention measures for this and future global events. In this case, we identify and discuss the early effort of Latin-American countries to successfully delay the spread of the virus by implementing prevention measures before the fast growth of COVID-19 cases in comparison to European countries.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Air Pollution
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Sci Total Environ
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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