
Development of a land use regression model for black carbon using mobile monitoring data and its application to pollution-avoiding routing
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- Annelies Van den Hove, Jan Verwaeren (UGent) , Joris Van den Bossche (UGent) , Jan Theunis and Bernard De Baets (UGent)
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- Black carbon is often used as an indicator for combustion-related air pollution. In urban environments, on-road black carbon concentrations have a large spatial variability, suggesting that the personal exposure of a cyclist to black carbon can heavily depend on the route that is chosen to reach a destination. In this paper, we describe the development of a cyclist routing procedure that minimizes personal exposure to black carbon. Firstly, a land use regression model for predicting black carbon concentrations in an urban environment is developed using mobile monitoring data, collected by cyclists. The optimal model is selected and validated using a spatially stratified cross-validation scheme. The resulting model is integrated in a dedicated routing procedure that minimizes personal exposure to black carbon during cycling. The best model obtains a coefficient of multiple correlation of R = 0.520. Simulations with the black carbon exposure minimizing routing procedure indicate that the inhaled amount of black carbon is reduced by 1.58% on average as compared to the shortest-path route, with extreme cases where a reduction of up to 13.35% is obtained. Moreover, we observed that the average exposure to black carbon and the exposure to local peak concentrations on a route are competing objectives, and propose a parametrized cost function for the routing problem that allows for a gradual transition from routes that minimize average exposure to routes that minimize peak exposure.
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- Biochemistry, General Environmental Science, Black carbon, Air quality, Land use regression, Routing, STREET CANYONS, AIR-QUALITY, EXPOSURE, PARTICLES, ULTRAFINE, BICYCLE, AREAS, PM2.5
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8658791
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- Van den Hove, Annelies, et al. “Development of a Land Use Regression Model for Black Carbon Using Mobile Monitoring Data and Its Application to Pollution-Avoiding Routing.” ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, vol. 183, 2020, doi:10.1016/j.envres.2019.108619.
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- Van den Hove, A., Verwaeren, J., Van den Bossche, J., Theunis, J., & De Baets, B. (2020). Development of a land use regression model for black carbon using mobile monitoring data and its application to pollution-avoiding routing. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, 183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108619
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- Van den Hove, Annelies, Jan Verwaeren, Joris Van den Bossche, Jan Theunis, and Bernard De Baets. 2020. “Development of a Land Use Regression Model for Black Carbon Using Mobile Monitoring Data and Its Application to Pollution-Avoiding Routing.” ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108619.
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- Van den Hove, Annelies, Jan Verwaeren, Joris Van den Bossche, Jan Theunis, and Bernard De Baets. 2020. “Development of a Land Use Regression Model for Black Carbon Using Mobile Monitoring Data and Its Application to Pollution-Avoiding Routing.” ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 183. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2019.108619.
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- 1.Van den Hove A, Verwaeren J, Van den Bossche J, Theunis J, De Baets B. Development of a land use regression model for black carbon using mobile monitoring data and its application to pollution-avoiding routing. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2020;183.
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- [1]A. Van den Hove, J. Verwaeren, J. Van den Bossche, J. Theunis, and B. De Baets, “Development of a land use regression model for black carbon using mobile monitoring data and its application to pollution-avoiding routing,” ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, vol. 183, 2020.
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