Accurate Estimation of Air Pollution in Outdoor Routes for Citizens and Decision Making

There is clear evidence of the effects of air pollution on health. In this paper, we present an innovative application designed to assess Air Quality (AQ) exposure based on the World Health Organization’s AQ Guidelines, analysing pollutants and their concentrations independently. Our aim is to provi...

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Published in:Applied sciences 2023-09, Vol.13 (17), p.9930
Main Authors: Felici-Castell, Santiago, Fernandez-Vargas, Emilio, Segura-Garcia, Jaume, Perez-Solano, Juan J., Fayos-Jordan, Rafael, Lopez-Ballester, Jesus
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
Air quality
Bicycling
Cities
Coal-fired power plants
Decision making
Emissions
Energy consumption
Fatalities
Indoor air quality
Industrial plant emissions
Nitrogen dioxide
official AQ monitoring stations
open-data
Outdoor air quality
Ozone
Pollutants
pollution
pollution exposure
Public health
Route choice
Software
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Summary:There is clear evidence of the effects of air pollution on health. In this paper, we present an innovative application designed to assess Air Quality (AQ) exposure based on the World Health Organization’s AQ Guidelines, analysing pollutants and their concentrations independently. Our aim is to provide this information to citizens based on their health profile (medical history or requirements) before and during outdoor trips of their choice, both walking and cycling, empowering them to proactively make informed personal decisions about their route choices and identifying potentially unhealthy travel environments. For this purpose, we have access to official data from AQ monitoring stations that are updated periodically every 10 min. Then, by using spatial interpolation techniques (with Ordinary Kriging), we estimate each pollutant over a grid superimposed on the city map. Once the pollutants have been mapped on each route, they are analysed in order to consider the different alternatives for deciding and planning changes in speed or trajectory. We evaluated the application in the city of Valencia (Spain) as a use case under different scenarios, and showed the results to assess exposure to pollution on the routes of citizens.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app13179930