Van Eker, Mark and Secco, Emanuele Lindo (2023) Data Analysis of the Air Quality (PM2.5) before, during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic lockdowns in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, 19. pp. 1448-1458. ISSN 1790-5079
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly affected people’s lives, especially when governments imposed pandemic lockdowns in their countries. These lockdowns, in turn, affected people’s daily life, their environment and even the air quality of where they live. In this context, this paper looks at how the levels of Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5 air pollutants in the cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, have changed because of the COVID-19 lockdowns. We analyse the data from the AirNow database and provide Heat-Map analyses of PM 2.5 before, during, and after the pandemic lockdowns. Results suggest that lockdowns have an effect on the overall pollution. The results also suggest that this approach could be useful in designing novel policies to reduce air pollution and lessen the impact of future lockdowns, as well as in developing strategies to address future pandemics.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Human and Digital Sciences > Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Depositing User: | Emanuele Secco |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2024 12:14 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jun 2024 10:39 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4133 |
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