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Simulating the impact of urban transport infrastructure design on local air quality in Beijing

Yang, L; van Dam, KH; Anvari, B; de Nazelle, A; (2017) Simulating the impact of urban transport infrastructure design on local air quality in Beijing. In: Proceedings of the SSC2017 Conference – O’Brien Centre in UCD, Social Simulation for a Digital Society. ESSA: Dublin, Ireland. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Urban transport infrastructure can result in the physical, psychological and environmental separation of neighborhoods, public space and pedestrian network, leading to negative impacts on citizens’ daily commutes, social activities and health. In this paper, we simulate the impacts of road network design on individual activity patterns, travel mode choices and air pollution using an agent-based model. The simulation model is applied to a case study in Beijing and the air pollution heat maps are produced for road network designs comparing with the real-time pollution data. This illustrates the potential value of such simulation models which generate activities for a given urban layout and transport network, and shows how human behavior can impact air quality

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Simulating the impact of urban transport infrastructure design on local air quality in Beijing
Event: Social Simulation Conference 2017
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: http://www.essa.eu.org/ssc2017-conference/
Publisher version: http://www.essa.eu.org/ssc2017-conference/
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: urban transport infrastructure, human behavior, environmental evaluation, agent-based modeling, policy-making support
UCL classification: UCL
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10085025
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