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cities during COVID-19 lockdowns: the impacts of traffic-free urban conditions in Almaty,
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of environment in global context. Sci Total Environ 729:139088–139098
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16. Bishoi B, Prakash A, Jain VK (2009) A comparative study of air quality index based on factor
analysis and US-EPA methods for an urban environment. Aerosol Air Qual Res 9:1–17
17. Cannistraro G, Ponterio L (2009) Analysis of air quality in the outdoor environment of the city
of Messina by an application of the pollution index method. Int J Civ Environ Eng 3:262–268
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health effects–development of an aggregate risk index. Atmos Environ 45:1145–1153
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quality of the megacity Delhi, India. Sci Total Environ 730:139086–139108
23. Sharma S, Zhang M, Gao J et al (2020) Effect of restricted emissions during COVID-19 on air
quality in India. Sci Total Environ 728:138878–138885
24. Srivastava S, Kumar A, Bauddh K et al (2020) 21-Day lockdown in India dramatically reduced
air pollution indices in Lucknow and New Delhi india. Bull Environ Contam Toxico 105:9–17
25. Wang Y, Yuan Y, Wang Q et al (2020) Changes in air quality related to the control of coronavirus
in China: implications for traffic and industrial emissions. Sci Total Environ 731:139133–
139139
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27. Bherwani H, Nair M, Musugu K et al (2020) Valuation of air pollution externalities: comparative
assessment of economic damage and emission reduction under COVID-19 lockdown air qual.
Atmos Health 13:683–694
28. Rodríguez-Urrego D, Rodríguez-Urrego L (2020) Air quality during the COVID-19: PM2. 5
analysis in the 50 most polluted capital cities in the world. Environ Pollut 115042–115052
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5. Johnston A (2020) The impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on global energy demand and CO 2
emissions. In: Global enery review 2020 international energy agency. Available via DIALOG.
https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2020. 17 July 2020
6. Wang Q, Su M (2020) A preliminary assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on environment–a
case study of China. Sci Total Environ 728:138915–138923
7. Ali PY, Masago Y, Hijioka Y (2020) COVID-19 and surface water quality: Improved lake water
quality during the lockdown. Sci Total Environ 731:139012–139019
8. Bao R, Zhang A (2020) Does lockdown reduce air pollution? evidence from 44 cities in northern
China. Sci Total Environ 731:139052–139063
9. Corlett RT, Primack RB, Devictor V et al (2020) Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on
biodiversity conservation. Bio Conserv 246:108571–108574
10. Kerimray A, Baimatova N, Ibragimova OP et al (2020) Assessing air quality changes in large
cities during COVID-19 lockdowns: the impacts of traffic-free urban conditions in Almaty,
Kazakhstan. Sci Total Environ 730:139179–139186
11. Paital B (2020) Nurture to nature via COVID-19, a self-regenerating environmental strategy
of environment in global context. Sci Total Environ 729:139088–139098
12. Apte JS, Brauer M, Cohen AJ et al (2018) Ambient PM 2.5 reduces global and regional life
expectancy. Environ Sci Tech Let 5:546–551
13. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, (2006) Guidelines for reporting of daily air qualityair quality index (AQI), series EPA-454/B-06-001. Research Trangle Park, North Carolina
14. Kyrkili G, Chaloulakou A, Kassomenos PA (2007) Development of an aggregate air quality
index for an urban mediterranean agglomeration: relation to potential health effects. Environ
Int 33:670–676
15. Van den Elshou S, Léger K, Nussio F (2008) Comparing urban air quality in Europe in real
time: a review of existing air quality indices and the proposal of a common alternative. Environ
Int 34:720–726
16. Bishoi B, Prakash A, Jain VK (2009) A comparative study of air quality index based on factor
analysis and US-EPA methods for an urban environment. Aerosol Air Qual Res 9:1–17
17. Cannistraro G, Ponterio L (2009) Analysis of air quality in the outdoor environment of the city
of Messina by an application of the pollution index method. Int J Civ Environ Eng 3:262–268
18. Sicard P, Lesne O, Alexandre N, Mangin A, Collomp R (2011) Air quality trends and potential
health effects–development of an aggregate risk index. Atmos Environ 45:1145–1153
19. Central Pollution Control Board (2014) Central pollution control board continuous ambient air
quality. https://www.cpcb.gov.in/CAAQM/frmUserAvgReportCriteria.aspx
20. Selvam S, Muthukumar P, Venkatramanan S et al (2020) SARS-CoV-2 pandemic lockdown:
effects on air quality in the industrialized Gujarat state of India. Sci Total Environ 737:140391–
140397
21. Lian X, Huang J, Huang R et al (2020) Impact of city lockdown on the air quality of COVID19-hit of Wuhan city. Sci Total Environ 742:140556–140564
22. Mahato S, Pal S, Ghosh KG (2020) Effect of lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic on air
quality of the megacity Delhi, India. Sci Total Environ 730:139086–139108
23. Sharma S, Zhang M, Gao J et al (2020) Effect of restricted emissions during COVID-19 on air
quality in India. Sci Total Environ 728:138878–138885
24. Srivastava S, Kumar A, Bauddh K et al (2020) 21-Day lockdown in India dramatically reduced
air pollution indices in Lucknow and New Delhi india. Bull Environ Contam Toxico 105:9–17
25. Wang Y, Yuan Y, Wang Q et al (2020) Changes in air quality related to the control of coronavirus
in China: implications for traffic and industrial emissions. Sci Total Environ 731:139133–
139139
26. Manahan SE (ed) (2000) Environment chemistry. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton
27. Bherwani H, Nair M, Musugu K et al (2020) Valuation of air pollution externalities: comparative
assessment of economic damage and emission reduction under COVID-19 lockdown air qual.
Atmos Health 13:683–694
28. Rodríguez-Urrego D, Rodríguez-Urrego L (2020) Air quality during the COVID-19: PM2. 5
analysis in the 50 most polluted capital cities in the world. Environ Pollut 115042–115052