The Covid-19 pandemic and environmental stressors in Europe: synergies and interplays

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-atni/products/etc-atni-reports/etc-atni-report-16-2021-the-covid-19-pandemic-and-environmental-stressors-in-europe-synergies-and-interplays" target="_blank" >https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-atni/products/etc-atni-reports/etc-atni-report-16-2021-the-covid-19-pandemic-and-environmental-stressors-in-europe-synergies-and-interplays</a>

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Covid-19 pandemic and environmental stressors in Europe: synergies and interplays

Original language description

The restrictions imposed by governments in order to prevent the spreading of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the population changed individual behaviour and all society. This unfortunate « natural experiment » may also provide insight into how our natural environment can change with such disruptive changes. Noise related to road traffic appears to have broadly similar development as for air quality, with decreases there where there was a decrease in traffic, and with some increases that can be explained by traffic increase. The studies considered in literature review address road traffic noise, and to minor extent, airport and port noise. They indicate a decrease in noise levels during the first restriction period Eionet Report - ETC/ATNI 2021/16 6 (March-June 2020), together with a possible reduction in the size of population exposed. The review has also led to proposing a possible assessment framework of Covid-19 mitigation strategies and noise. Recognizing the importance of cities both for pollution pressures and for pollution governance, we have also reviewed literature that directly addresses the options cities have taken to reduce the spreading of the Covid-19 pandemics. The fragmentation of findings which are broadly consistent with the findings on air quality and noise, points to the need to develop an integrated assessment framework to capture the interplay of the most important factors and developments.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

V_souhrn - Summary research report

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10509 - Meteorology and atmospheric sciences

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Number of pages

192

Place of publication

Kjeller

Publisher/client name

European Topic Centre on Air pollution

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