TY - JOUR
T1 - Accurate estimation of air pollution in outdoor routes for citizens and decision making
AU - Felici-Castell, Santiago
AU - Fernandez-Vargas, Emilio
AU - Segura-Garcia, Jaume
AU - Perez-Solano, Juan J.
AU - Fayos-Jordan, Rafael
AU - Lopez-Ballester, Jesus
PY - 2023/9/2
Y1 - 2023/9/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - air quality
KW - pollution
KW - official AQ monitoring stations
KW - open-data
KW - pollution exposure
U2 - 10.3390/app13179930
DO - 10.3390/app13179930
M3 - Article
SN - 2076-3417
VL - 13
JO - Applied Sciences
JF - Applied Sciences
IS - 17
M1 - 9930
ER -