Assessment of air pollution and air quality perception mismatch using mobility-based real-time exposure.

ABSTRACT: Air pollution poses a threat to human health. Public perceptions of air pollution are important for individual self-protection and policy-making. Given the uncertainty faced by residence-based exposure (RB) measurements, this study measures individuals' real-time mobility-based (MB) exposures and perceptions of air pollution by considering people's daily movement. It explores how contextual uncertainties may influence the disparities in perceived air quality by taking into account RB and MB environmental factors. In addition, we explore factors that are related to the mismatch between people's perceived air quality and actual air pollution exposure. Using K-means clustering to divide the PM2.5 values into two groups, a mismatch happens when the perceived air quality is poor but the air pol

SUBMITTER: Song W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10898763 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature