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Air pollution perception in ten countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
Lou, Baowen Barbieri, Diego Maria Passavanti, Marco Hui, Cang Gupta, Akshay Hoff, Inge Lessa, Daniela Antunes Sikka, Gaurav Chang, Kevin Fang, Kevin
Lou, Baowen
Barbieri, Diego Maria
Passavanti, Marco
Hui, Cang
Gupta, Akshay
Hoff, Inge
Lessa, Daniela Antunes
Sikka, Gaurav
Chang, Kevin
Fang, Kevin
Author
Lou, Baowen
Barbieri, Diego Maria
Passavanti, Marco
Hui, Cang
Gupta, Akshay
Hoff, Inge
Lessa, Daniela Antunes
Sikka, Gaurav
Chang, Kevin
Fang, Kevin
Lam, Louisa
Maharaj, Brij
Ghasemi, Navid
Qiao, Yaning
Adomako, Solomon
Foroutan Mirhosseini, Ali
Naik, Bhaven
Banerjee, Arunabha
Wang, Fusong
Tucker, Andrew
Liu, Zhuangzhuang
Wijayaratna, Kasun
Naseri, Sahra
Yu, Lei
Chen, Hao
Shu, Benan
Goswami, Shubham
Peprah, Prince
Hessami, Amir
Abbas, Montasir
Agarwal, Nithin
Barbieri, Diego Maria
Passavanti, Marco
Hui, Cang
Gupta, Akshay
Hoff, Inge
Lessa, Daniela Antunes
Sikka, Gaurav
Chang, Kevin
Fang, Kevin
Lam, Louisa
Maharaj, Brij
Ghasemi, Navid
Qiao, Yaning
Adomako, Solomon
Foroutan Mirhosseini, Ali
Naik, Bhaven
Banerjee, Arunabha
Wang, Fusong
Tucker, Andrew
Liu, Zhuangzhuang
Wijayaratna, Kasun
Naseri, Sahra
Yu, Lei
Chen, Hao
Shu, Benan
Goswami, Shubham
Peprah, Prince
Hessami, Amir
Abbas, Montasir
Agarwal, Nithin
Abstract
As 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.
Keywords
air quality, COVID-19 pandemic, environmental pollution, pollution perception, psychometric perception
Date
2022
Type
Journal article
Journal
Ambio
Book
Volume
51
Issue
3
Page Range
531-545
Article Number
ACU Department
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Source URL
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Open Access Status
Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
License
CC BY 4.0
File Access
Open