{"title":"Lockdown measures and air quality: evidence from Italian provinces.","authors":"Maurizio Malpede, Marco Percoco","doi":"10.1007/s12076-021-00267-4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this short communication is to estimate the effects of the implementation of more restrictive lockdown measures on pollution levels in Italy. Using a time series of weekly concentrations of PM<sub>10</sub>, PM<sub>2.5</sub> and NO<sub>2</sub> for the period 2016-2020 across 71 provinces, we find that the introduction of lockdown measures reduced the air concentration levels of PM<sub>10</sub> and NO<sub>2</sub> by 17-18%, while their effect on PM<sub>2.5</sub> remains unclear. These results indicate that the lockdown had a significant positive impact in terms of lives saved and improved air quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":44710,"journal":{"name":"Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences","volume":"14 2","pages":"101-110"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12076-021-00267-4","citationCount":"11","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12076-021-00267-4","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2021/2/21 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"GEOGRAPHY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The aim of this short communication is to estimate the effects of the implementation of more restrictive lockdown measures on pollution levels in Italy. Using a time series of weekly concentrations of PM10, PM2.5 and NO2 for the period 2016-2020 across 71 provinces, we find that the introduction of lockdown measures reduced the air concentration levels of PM10 and NO2 by 17-18%, while their effect on PM2.5 remains unclear. These results indicate that the lockdown had a significant positive impact in terms of lives saved and improved air quality.
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Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences (LSRS) publishes high-quality, shorter papers on new theoretical or empirical results and on models and methods in the social sciences that contain a spatial dimension. Coverage includes environmental and resource economics, regional and urban economics, spatial econometrics, regional science, geography, demography, agricultural economics, GIS and city and regional planning. Examples of topics include, but are not limited to, environmental damage, urbanization, resource allocation, spatial-temporal data use, regional economic development and the application of existing and new methodologies.LSRS contributes to the communication of theories and methodologies across disciplinary borders. It offers quick dissemination and easy accessibility of new results. Officially cited as: Lett Spat Resour Sci
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