Monitoring and Control of Air Pollution for Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2025 | Viewed by 41
Special Issue Editors
Interests: atmospheric sciences; urban air pollution monitoring and characterization; aerosol optical properties; air quality and human health
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Interests: atmospheric sciences; urban air pollution monitoring and characterization; aerosol optical properties; air quality and human health
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The high concentrations of air pollutants (PM, NO2, O3, CO, and SO2) in urban regions remain a persistent problem, significantly impacting public health. To determine variations in concentrations in cities, different monitoring and control technologies are used. In this sense, air quality stations and remote platforms are used to control air pollutants. For comparative analysis, data on atmospheric pollutant concentrations can be estimated from official monitoring stations and from satellite images for different periods across years.
Air quality monitoring in urban environments is of great importance for environmental and health care. The information registered by air monitoring networks is a key input for environmental institutions and local governments, which need to know the air conditions and generate policies and action plans to control environmental threats, evaluating the impact of these measures. Traditionally, air quality information in urban areas is obtained through networks of certified high-end measuring stations, which provide highly reliable data. However, the deployment of certified stations is difficult or unfeasible for many cities, due to their high acquisition and maintenance costs.
In response to this, for this Special Issue, we encourage researchers to submit experiences related to the design and implementation of air quality monitoring systems for urban sustainable environments, which could be made up of a network of low-cost measuring devices, such as information technologies (ITs), and computing platforms that allows the collected information to be processed in real time and made available to users through a web/mobile interface in a friendly and intuitive way.
Despite the attractive possibilities offered by low-cost sensor technologies for the monitoring and control of air pollution in large urban areas, the reliability of the data captured by these technologies has frequently been questioned. In response to this, the present Special Issue aims to develop an intelligent and remote calibration system for low-cost air quality sensors that minimizes the calibration time, can be used in various urban environments and climatic seasons, and maximizes the quality of the data delivered. These systems would save operating costs and time, and a degree of specialization could be achieved that would allow the monitoring network to continue growing socially (especially in regions with no official air quality network). Future studies with accurate data on air pollutant concentrations are needed to ensure targeted and effective interventions.
Dr. Pedro José Pérez-Martínez
Prof. Dr. Regina Maura De Miranda
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- anthropogenic activities
- information technologies
- geography and urban air pollution
- human health and exposure
- climate change
- urban planning
- sustainable cities
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