Indirect impact of COVID-19 on environment: A brief study in Indian context
Indirect impact of COVID-19 on environment: A brief study in Indian context
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DOI：
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109807
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发表时间：
2020-09-01
影响因子：
8.3
通讯作者：
Gautam, Pratibha
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作者：
Lokhandwala, Snehal;Gautam, Pratibha
新冠肺炎在相当短的时间内在全球范围内传播，带来了工业活动、道路交通和旅游的急剧减少。在这一危机时期，人类与自然的有限互动似乎是对自然和环境的一种祝福。来自世界各地的报告表明，新冠肺炎爆发后，包括空气质量和河流水质在内的环境条件正在改善，野生动物正在蓬勃发展。印度一直是一个污染中心，庞大的人口、繁忙的交通和污染行业导致所有主要城市的空气质量指数(AQI)值都很高。但在新冠肺炎宣布封禁后，空气质量开始改善，河流水质等所有其他环境参数也开始显示出恢复的积极迹象。这篇论文以证据为基础，对此次大流行疫情封锁前后空气质量和环境的改善情况提供了洞察。人们试图使用印度大气的卫星图像、特定地点(印度污染最严重的城市加济阿巴德)的现场实时监测结果和印度中央污染控制委员会计算的空气质量指数(AQI)等工具来可视化空气质量的改善。
Worldwide spread of COVID-19 in a quite short time has brought a dramatic decrease in industrial activities, road traffic and tourism. Restricted human interaction with nature during this crisis time has appeared as a blessing for nature and environment. Reports from all over the world are indicating that after the outbreak of COVID-19, environmental conditions including air quality and water quality in rivers are improving and wildlife is blooming. India has always been a hub of pollution with huge population, heavy traffics and polluting industries leading to high air quality index (AQI) values in all major cities. But after declaration of lockdown due to COVID-19, quality of air has started to improve and all other environmental parameters such as water quality in rivers have started giving a positive sign towards restoring. This paper provides evidence-based insight into improvement of air quality and environment during pre and post lockdown of this pandemic situation. An attempt has been made to visualize the improvement in the air quality using tools like satellite images of Indian atmosphere, results of onsite real-time monitoring at specific locations (Ghaziabad-highest polluting city of India) and Air quality index (AQI) calculated by central pollution control board of India.