Spatial Association of Urban Form and Particulate Matter
- 주제(키워드) fine particulate matter , urban form , land cover , landscape ecology , Korea
- 주제(기타) Environmental Sciences; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- 설명문(일반) [Park, Yunmi; Shin, Jiyeon] Ewha Womans Univ, Coll Engn, Architectural & Urban Syst Engn, Seoul 03760, South Korea; [Lee, Ji Yi] Ewha Womans Univ, Coll Engn, Dept Environm Sci & Engn, Seoul 03760, South Korea
- 등재 SCIE, SSCI, SCOPUS
- OA유형 Green Published, gold
- 발행기관 MDPI
- 발행년도 2021
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000183596
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189428
- PubMed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34574352
초록/요약
Increasingly detrimental effects of fine particulate matter (PM) have been observed in Northeast Asia owing to its rapid economic development. Previous studies have found that dust, combustion, and chemical reactions are the major sources of PM; nevertheless, the spatial configuration of land use and land cover, which is of most interest to planners and landscape architects, also influences the PM levels. Here, we attempted to unveil the relationship between PM and different types of land use cover (i.e., developed, agricultural, woody, grass, and barren lands) in 122 municipalities of Korea. Landscape ecology metrics were applied to measure the spatial configuration of land use pattern and spatial lag models by taking into account the transboundary nature of air pollution, allowing us to conclude the following regarding PM levels: (1) the size of land cover type matters, but their spatial configuration also determines the variations in PM levels; (2) the contiguity and proximity of landcover patches are important; (3) the patterns of grasslands (e.g., simple, compact, and cluster (with large patches) patterns) and woodlands (e.g., complex, contiguous, and cluster (with large patches) patterns) considered desirable for minimizing PM are dissimilar in terms of contiguity.
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