Showing papers by "Silvana Di Sabatino published in 2012"
TL;DR: In this article, the link between building height and ground-level pollutants in street networks of high-rise urban areas has been investigated, and the results show that building height variab...
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TL;DR: Analysis of the contribution of mean flow and turbulence to city breathability within urban canopy layers under the hypothesis that winds from rural/marine areas are sources of clean air and main contributors to local-scale pollutant dilution finds breathability improves in streets flanked by lower buildings and pollutant removal by turbulent fluctuations is more effective.
86 citations
01 Jan 2012
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01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a policy for environmental sustainable development by taking action to prevent and minimize adverse events with the aim of supporting a sustainable development policy for air pollution mitigation.
Abstract: Air pollution, in particular high air pollution events, increase the effects of climate change on human health. It is necessary to undertake actions to prevent and minimize these adverse events with the aim of supporting a policy for environmental sustainable development.
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