Enhancing the local air quality benefits of roadside green infrastructure using low-cost, impermeable, solid structures (LISS).

ABSTRACT: Communities located in near-road environments face adverse health effects due to elevated exposures to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP). While the use of a combination of solid structures (i.e. sound walls) and vegetation barriers can be an effective TRAP mitigation tool, installing these barriers can also present challenges to local communities. Sound walls are costly, and building these structures often requires the involvement of federal, state, and local permitting agencies. In this paper, we proposed that the use of low-cost, impermeable, solid structures (LISS), e.g., an impermeable thin wooden, plastic or metal fence, combined with vegetation can provide an effective option for local communities to improve near-road air quality due to lower costs and easier implementation. We co

SUBMITTER: Hashad K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7799493 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature