News14.4.2023
Improving urban residents’ access to low-emission transport reduces prevalence of particles in the lungs
Making low-emission mobility easier and more attractive can help alter the mobility habits of urban residents and reduce many air pollutant emissions and the deposition of harmful particles in the alveolar airways. However, changes in human activity and particle concentrations do not correlate in a straightforward manner.
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By combining different models, the study revealed how people’s everyday choices can change with time and how changes in emissions are ultimately reflected in the particles in the air.
Further information:
Reasearcher, PhD Mira Hulkkonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, mira.hulkkonen@fmi.fi
Scientific article is available on Ambio – A Journal of Environment and Society.
Reference: Hulkkonen, M., Kaaronen, R.O., Kokkola, H. et al. Modeling non-linear changes in an urban setting: From pro-environmental affordances to responses in behavior, emissions and air quality. Ambio (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01827-8
