Can the nation-wide COVID-19 lockdown help India identify region-specific strategies for air pollution?

• Published in: Spatial information research (Online) Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 233 - 247
• Main Authors: Saadat, Md Najmus, Das, Sujit, Nandy, Senjuti, Pandey, Divya, Chakraborty, Monojit, Mina, Usha, Sarkar, Abhijit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.04.2022; 대한공간정보학회
• Subjects: Database Management; Earth and Environmental Science; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Geography; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry; 공학일반; 42 Indian cities; COVID-19 pandemic; Nation-wide lockdown; Air pollution abatement policies; Air Quality Index

Air pollution is a serious concern with the developing economics in India and gets more severe when it has major cities ranked among the top 30 polluted cities worldwide. To find a solution, different programs and/or policies have been launched for air quality management country-wide. Unfortunately,...