I am relatively new to this field, my research interests are smart cities, shared mobility, transport service integration. We have data about CO, NO2, O3, PM10 from several cities. I would like to ask your opinion about
- what do you think are the most relevant research directions?
- what are the key questions of urban air pollution?
- what analysis methods should I review?
- how would you describe the most important goals of an air pollution / emission analysis?
I would be happy to read your opinions and related literature as well.
Thank you very much for your answer and suggestions!
Kind regards,
Simon NAGY
You can conduct air quality Index for each site and compare between them. Also you can make spatial analysis using Principal component analysis or factor analysis for each site and find which pollutants contribute more in air quality variation. Also you can classify the Sites using cluster analysis. In addition, if you have the data of vehicles traffic volume near the Sites, you can make relationships between air pollutants and the level of traffic volume.
Dear Mr. Simon!
In my opinion the COVID-19 - context is a relevant one for the forthcoming one year for certain:
1) Arnaud Koehl (2020): Urban transport and COVID-19: challenges and prospects in low- and middle-income countries, Cities & Health, DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2020.1791410 Open Access, Available at:
Article Urban transport and COVID-19: challenges and prospects in lo...
2) A case-study: José M. Baldasano (2020). COVID-19 lockdown effects on air quality by NO2 in the cities of Barcelona and Madrid (Spain), Science of The Total Environment, Volume 741, 1 November 2020, Open Access, Available at:
Article COVID-19 lockdown effects on air quality by NO2 in the citie...
3) A case-study Manu Sasidharan et al. (2020).A vulnerability-based approach to human-mobility reduction for countering COVID-19 transmission in London while considering local air quality, Science of The Total Environment Volume 741, 1 November 2020, Open Access, Available at:
Article A vulnerability-based approach to human-mobility reduction f...
I would go for a system - thinking approach combined with case - study research methodology, and combine quantitative with qualitative methods. The most important goal is to minimize air pollution levels as much as possible. Sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
Thank you very much for your answer and the recommended articles Bulcsu Szekely!
You can conduct air quality Index for each site and compare between them. Also you can make spatial analysis using Principal component analysis or factor analysis for each site and find which pollutants contribute more in air quality variation. Also you can classify the Sites using cluster analysis. In addition, if you have the data of vehicles traffic volume near the Sites, you can make relationships between air pollutants and the level of traffic volume.
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