Air pollution perception in ten countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorLou, Baowenen
dc.contributor.authorBarbieri, Diego Mariaen
dc.contributor.authorPassavanti, Marcoen
dc.contributor.authorHui, Cangen
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Akshayen
dc.contributor.authorHoff, Ingeen
dc.contributor.authorLessa, Daniela Antunesen
dc.contributor.authorSikka, Gauraven
dc.contributor.authorChang, Kevinen
dc.contributor.authorFang, Kevinen
dc.contributor.authorLam, Louisaen
dc.contributor.authorMaharaj, Brijen
dc.contributor.authorGhasemi, Naviden
dc.contributor.authorQiao, Yaningen
dc.contributor.authorAdomako, Solomonen
dc.contributor.authorMirhosseini, Ali Foroutanen
dc.contributor.authorNaik, Bhavenen
dc.contributor.authorBanerjee, Arunabhaen
dc.contributor.authorWang, Fusongen
dc.contributor.authorTucker, Andrewen
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Zhuangzhuangen
dc.contributor.authorWijayaratna, Kasunen
dc.contributor.authorNaseri, Sahraen
dc.contributor.authorYu, Leien
dc.contributor.authorChen, Haoen
dc.contributor.authorShu, Benanen
dc.contributor.authorGoswami, Shubhamen
dc.contributor.authorPeprah, Princeen
dc.contributor.authorHessami, Amiren
dc.contributor.authorAbbas, Montasir M.en
dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, Nithinen
dc.contributor.departmentCivil and Environmental Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-22T14:48:03Zen
dc.date.available2021-07-22T14:48:03Zen
dc.date.issued2021-06-21en
dc.description.abstractAs largely documented in the literature, the stark restrictions enforced worldwide in 2020 to curb the COVID-19 pandemic also curtailed the production of air pollutants to some extent. This study investigates the perception of the air pollution as assessed by individuals located in ten countries: Australia, Brazil, China, Ghana, India, Iran, Italy, Norway, South Africa and the USA. The perceptions towards air quality were evaluated by employing an online survey administered in May 2020. Participants (N = 9394) in the ten countries expressed their opinions according to a Likert-scale response. A reduction in pollutant concentration was clearly perceived, albeit to a different extent, by all populations. The survey participants located in India and Italy perceived the largest drop in the air pollution concentration; conversely, the smallest variation was perceived among Chinese and Norwegian respondents. Among all the demographic indicators considered, only gender proved to be statistically significant.en
dc.description.notesOpen access funding provided by NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology (incl St. Olavs Hospital - Trondheim University Hospital).en
dc.description.sponsorshipNTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology (St. Olavs Hospital - Trondheim University Hospital)en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01574-2en
dc.identifier.eissn1654-7209en
dc.identifier.issn0044-7447en
dc.identifier.pmid34155609en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/104253en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectAir qualityen
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemicen
dc.subjectEnvironmental pollutionen
dc.subjectPollution perceptionen
dc.subjectPsychometric perceptionen
dc.titleAir pollution perception in ten countries during the COVID-19 pandemicen
dc.title.serialAmbioen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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