Urban ClimatePub Date : 2025-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102491
Hanbing Xiong , Tianhao Shi , Yongjia Wu , Ruiyue Xia , Xitong Yuan , Renaud de Richter , Wei Li , Yueping Fang , Nan Zhou , Wenyu Li , Chong Peng , Tingzhen Ming
{"title":"Numerical simulation of the effect of solar chimneys on NOx-O3 photochemical reaction and ventilation in urban street canyon","authors":"Hanbing Xiong , Tianhao Shi , Yongjia Wu , Ruiyue Xia , Xitong Yuan , Renaud de Richter , Wei Li , Yueping Fang , Nan Zhou , Wenyu Li , Chong Peng , Tingzhen Ming","doi":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102491","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102491","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The complex interaction between pollutants and insufficient ventilation in urban street canyon presents significant challenges to the creation of a healthy urban environment. This study proposed the innovative application of solar chimneys (SCs) to improve airflow structure and air quality in the confined space considering NO<sub>x</sub>-O<sub>3</sub> photochemical reaction mechanism. The influences of ambient wind, solar radiation at three local solar times (LSTs), and the SCs on NO<sub>x</sub> diffusion and ventilation performance in street canyon were revealed by developing a mathematical model. The results demonstrated that the uneven temperature distribution induced by solar radiation at the LSTs significantly influences both the NO<sub>x</sub>-O<sub>3</sub> photochemical reaction and the airflow structure within the street canyon. The deleterious effects of thermal buoyancy on the airflow structure were mitigated by the integration of the SCs. The reaction shifted toward the conversion of NO<sub>2</sub> to NO as the temperature decreased. The integration of SCs resulted in a maximum temperature reduction of 6.01 K in the pedestrian respiratory zone and demonstrated maximum removal efficiencies of 66.12 % for NO and 70.65 % for NO<sub>2</sub>. The NO<sub>x</sub> levels on the leeward side initially increased and then decreased as the ambient wind strengthened, whereas the NO<sub>x</sub> levels on the windward side consistently decreased. This research verifies the feasibility of utilizing the SCs to enhance the street canyon environments and offers a viable strategy for promoting healthy and sustainable urban.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48626,"journal":{"name":"Urban Climate","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 102491"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144230975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ClimatePub Date : 2025-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102488
Haoqing Xu , Xinmiao Shi , Aizhao Zhou , Wei Wang , Nan Zhang , Pengming Jiang , Shunqing Liu
{"title":"Study on durability characteristics of solidified sediment in semi-dynamic acid soaking environment","authors":"Haoqing Xu , Xinmiao Shi , Aizhao Zhou , Wei Wang , Nan Zhang , Pengming Jiang , Shunqing Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102488","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102488","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In order to achieve the goal of resource utilization of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration (MSWI) fly ash and sediment, the MSWI fly ash and cement are used to solidify sediment as the intermediate cover material in landfill. The engineering properties and evolution of durability characteristics of solidified sediment were studied under semi-dynamic immersion of acid rain and acid leachate simulated by hydrochloric acid by unconfined compressive strength (UCS), direct shear (DS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) tests. The results show that the UCS strength increases with the increase of curing age and the cement content. Strong acid environment (pH = 2) degrades the service performance of the solidified sediment, resulting in secondary slime of the sample leading to reduction in UCS strength, mass, and increase in moisture content. However, weak acidity environment (pH = 4) and neutral environment (pH = 7) lead to increase in UCS strength, stabilization of mass and moisture, and improvement of service performance of the solidified sediment. The main hydration products calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H), carbonate and calcium sulfate facilitates the development of strength and acid buffering capacity of the solidified sediment. Under soaking in semi-dynamic simulation of acid erosion, the solidified sediment exhibits satisfactory durability. As the intermediate covering material of landfill, it can not only better buffer acid rain and leachate erosion, effectively block the contact between garbage and acid rain, leachate and the ground, reduce the impact on urban climate, but also use MSWI fly ash to replace part of the cement to reduce the use of cement, reduce CO<sub>2</sub> and dust emissions in the production process, with good environmental benefits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48626,"journal":{"name":"Urban Climate","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 102488"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144241300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantifying the cooling effects of blue-green spaces across urban landscapes: A case study of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal","authors":"Saurav Bhattarai , Prabhat Banjara , Vishnu Prasad Pandey , Anil Aryal , Prajal Pradhan , Firas Al-Douri , Nawa Raj Pradhan , Rocky Talchabhadel","doi":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102493","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102493","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mitigating extreme heat is crucial for enhancing the livability and sustainability of urban centers in the face of rising temperatures. A sound understanding of temperature variation is necessary to effectively design heat mitigation strategies. In this study, we develop a framework to quantify the cooling effects of blue-green spaces, such as urban forests, parks, and ponds, through the integration of remote sensing and geo-spatial modeling. We then employ the framework across urbanized, transitional, and vegetation-dominated zones in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Across the valley, our results reveal distinct cooling signatures for each type of natural entity, with urban forests exhibiting the greatest cooling potential (up to 1.2 °C reduction), followed by urban parks (0.9 °C) and ponds (0.85 °C). This hierarchical cooling effect can be attributed to the complex interactions between these features and urban heat transfer processes: forests provide more effective barriers against lateral heat movement through their dense canopy structure and multiple vegetation layers, while also maximizing evapotranspiration cooling; parks offer varying degrees of cooling based on their vegetation density and composition; and ponds, while effective through evaporative cooling, are more susceptible to heat absorption from surrounding urban surfaces. Notably, the cooling efficiency of these blue-green spaces is significantly influenced by their size and the surrounding urban context, with the greatest cooling benefits observed in vegetation-dominated zones. However, in highly urbanized areas, the cooling potential of these blue-green spaces is diminished, underscoring the need for context-specific heat mitigation strategies. Our findings highlight the importance of strategically integrating natural entities' size and location into urban planning zoning, plans, and policies to maximize their cooling benefits and offer valuable insights for urban planners worldwide as they strive to enhance resilience. Future research should focus on developing cost-effective implementation strategies and quantifying additional co-benefits of blue-green infrastructure beyond temperature reduction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48626,"journal":{"name":"Urban Climate","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 102493"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144241303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ClimatePub Date : 2025-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102468
Weishi Zhang , Ying Xu , Federico Cugurullo , David G. Streets , Can Wang
{"title":"Spatiotemporal interaction between new-type urbanization and low-carbon technology development on curbing urban SO2 pollution in China","authors":"Weishi Zhang , Ying Xu , Federico Cugurullo , David G. Streets , Can Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102468","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102468","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The spatiotemporal heterogeneity of new-type urbanization in Chinese cities, with its emphasis on ecological development, interacts with the low-carbon technology development (LCT), a critical initiative for achieving carbon peak and neutrality targets. This interplay may lead to varied outcomes in air pollution control. This study investigates the spatiotemporal interplay between the four innovation priorities of new-type urbanization and LCT in influencing urban sulfur dioxide (SO₂) emissions and emission intensity. By constructing the Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression (GTWR) model, we estimate the spatiotemporally varying coefficients across 294 cities and 18 urban agglomerations in China from 2012 to 2022. Our findings reveal that: (1) LCT has a strengthening effect on the inhibitory effect of new-type urbanization on urban industrial SO<sub>2</sub> emission intensity across all Chinese cities and in 73 % of the cities for SO<sub>2</sub> emissions. (2) LCT alleviates the energy rebound effect caused by population and land use changes accompanying new-type urbanization. (3) In 41 % of the cities, the relationship between economic new-type urbanization and SO<sub>2</sub> emissions was identified to be an inverted U-shaped correlation. (4) Urban agglomerations have better SO<sub>2</sub> control impacts during their new-type urbanization process, where the strengthening effect of LCT on inhibiting SO<sub>2</sub> emissions is 1.6 times higher. This study provides empirical evidence to inform nuanced new-type urbanization strategies and targeted SO₂ pollution control measures at city and urban agglomeration scales.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48626,"journal":{"name":"Urban Climate","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 102468"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144203487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ClimatePub Date : 2025-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102473
Prince Vijay , Harish C. Phuleria
{"title":"Examining light absorbing characteristics of fine particulate matter during winter 2019–20 in residential areas of metropolitan cities in India","authors":"Prince Vijay , Harish C. Phuleria","doi":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102473","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102473","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fine particle mass concentrations and its carbonaceous characteristics are not adequately examined in urban residential outdoor locations in low and middle-income countries such as India. This study was conducted across three Indian metropolitan cities - Mumbai, Bangalore, and Delhi, during the winter period of 2019–2020. We measured PM<sub>2.5</sub>, outside residences in each city and characterized the optical and chemical properties of the aerosols. PM<sub>2.5</sub> mass concentrations were 131.3 ± 71.8 for Mumbai, 75.2 ± 33.4 for Bangalore, and 192.2 ± 75.5 μg/m<sup>3</sup> for Delhi, showing significant differences between cities and not within cities (<em>p</em> < 0.05). This trend was similar for carbonaceous constituents as well. Aerosol absorption (b<sub>abs</sub>) and elemental carbon (EC) showed a moderate positive correlation (0.19–0.45) at 880 nm, which implies EC is the dominant component of absorption in PM<sub>2.5</sub>. Using the city-specific mass absorption cross-section (MAC ranging 8.8–12.0) for three cities, BC concentrations estimated were 14.3 ± 8.4 for Mumbai, 8.7 ± 5.6 in Bangalore and 17.0 ± 10.5 μg/m<sup>3</sup> in Delhi. High agreement (>0.70) between b<sub>abs</sub> and water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) showed dominant absorption by brown carbon (BrC). Average angstrom absorption exponent (AAE) ∼1.3 across the study sites showed the influence of vehicle-emitted particles on light absorbing capacity. Ratio of b<sub>abs</sub>,370/b<sub>abs</sub>,880 (1.1 to 4.7) indicated a significant contribution of BrC to light absorption coefficient. OC/EC (1.1–11.0) and OC/K<sup>+</sup> ratio (1.0–51.0) suggested the differential impact from various sources. Hence understanding the nature of aerosols in urban residential atmospheres allows us to assess the impact of source-specific emissions and warrants wider control and elimination measures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48626,"journal":{"name":"Urban Climate","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 102473"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144203485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ClimatePub Date : 2025-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102492
Yi Wang , Zhuolei Yu , Songheng Wu , Jukun Wang , Zhixiang Cao , Yingxue Cao
{"title":"Effects of urban heat flux and incoming flow stability on ventilation characteristics of Loess Tableland valley town under stable wind","authors":"Yi Wang , Zhuolei Yu , Songheng Wu , Jukun Wang , Zhixiang Cao , Yingxue Cao","doi":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102492","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102492","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The industry of the Loess Tableland valley town relies strongly on mineral resources, which has caused the town area to face severe air pollution problems. Urban ventilation is of great value in solving the contradiction between industrial production and livable environment, and ventilation characteristics of the Loess Tableland valley town are still poorly understood. In this paper, the city-scale computational fluid dynamics (CSCFD) model is used to investigate the effects of urban heat flux and incoming flow stability on ventilation characteristics of the Loess Tableland valley town under stable background wind conditions. Simulation results show that the urban canopy layer (UCL) ventilation in the high range of background Reynolds number is significantly better than that in the low range of background Reynolds number. In the low range of background Reynolds number, both urban heat flux and incoming flow stability have a significant influence on the UCL ventilation. Compared with the unheated town, the UCL average air ages in the heated towns with urban heat fluxes of 100 W/㎡and 200 W/㎡decrease by an average of 96.19 % and 96.78 %, and the UCL air exchange rates increase by an average of 42.36 times and 52.57 times. The change in incoming flow stability can affect the UCL average air age by a maximum of 22.40 % and the UCL air exchange rate by a maximum of 4.34 %. Present research provides a theoretical basis for urban planners to create good ventilation conditions in Loess Tableland valley towns.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48626,"journal":{"name":"Urban Climate","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 102492"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144241301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ClimatePub Date : 2025-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102485
Yujia Zhang , Yuwen Lu , Hongrui Li , Guofang Zhai
{"title":"Effects of street-level thermal comfort on collective behaviors within the diurnal cycle: The moderating effect of streetscape perception","authors":"Yujia Zhang , Yuwen Lu , Hongrui Li , Guofang Zhai","doi":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102485","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102485","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As urbanization and climate change increase land surface temperature, it is crucial to improve the thermal environment of urban street spaces to promote resident activities and construct livable cities. However, previous research has focused on the mechanisms by which street space elements affect the thermal environment and resident activity characteristics, overlooking the impact of psychological elements, like streetscape perception. This study selects six indices to describe streetscape perception, uses remote sensing data to assess thermal comfort, and employs human activity density (HAD) to measure street space utilization. Two hypotheses are proposed: (1) Thermal comfort impacts HAD and (2) streetscape perception moderates the relationship between thermal comfort and HAD, tested using hierarchical regression. Results indicate that (1) uncomfortable thermal conditions typically do not significantly hinder collective behaviors, except during extreme heat. (2) The quality of urban street spaces based on streetscape perception significantly moderates the thermal comfort and HAD relationship, with varying effects of different streetscape perception indices within the diurnal cycle. The study also proposes thermal comfort optimization strategies based on specific results of streetscape perception moderating effects. These suggestions are aimed at assisting urban planners in creating street environments with better thermal comfort and spatial perception.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48626,"journal":{"name":"Urban Climate","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 102485"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144222517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ClimatePub Date : 2025-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102461
David A. Jimenez , Camilo A. Jimenez , Andrea Menapace , Eber José de Andrade Pinto , Bruno Brentan , Alvaro Avila-Diaz
{"title":"Changes in the frequencies of occurrence of maximum daily precipitation for the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte – Brazil","authors":"David A. Jimenez , Camilo A. Jimenez , Andrea Menapace , Eber José de Andrade Pinto , Bruno Brentan , Alvaro Avila-Diaz","doi":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102461","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102461","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Extreme precipitation events in Brazilian metropolitan areas, are projected to intensify as climate warming continues. This study assesses future changes in daily precipitation quantiles for a set of return periods in the MRBH under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways SSP1–2.6 and SSP5–8.5, across short (2015–2045), medium (2045–2075), and long-term (2075–2100). The average projected changes indicate that, in the short term, under the SSP1–2.6 scenario, precipitation quantiles decrease for return periods longer than two years (ranging from 8.17 % to 16.16 %), while a slight increase (0.15 % to 9.97 %) is observed for the 2-year return period at 69 % of the stations. In contrast, the SSP5–8.5 scenario consistently increases across all return periods (ranging from 0.017 % to 26.16 %). In the medium and long terms, both scenarios project an increment in precipitation quantiles. In the medium term, the SSP1–2.6 scenario shows increases ranging from 0.013 % to 37.27 %, while the SSP5–8.5 scenario shows a variation from 0.0093 % to 37.22 %. In the long term, increases range from 0.21 % to 33.38 % under the SSP1–2.6 scenario and from 0.014 % to 66.03 % under the SSP5–8.5 scenario. These findings suggest extreme rainfall events may intensify, leading to more frequent and severe flood events.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48626,"journal":{"name":"Urban Climate","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 102461"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144190365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Urban heat in a very hot region: Exploring spatial inequality in exposure to extreme heat hazard in Tehran, Iran","authors":"Babak Badakhshan , Ayyoob Sharifi , Tajeddin Karami , Fatemeh Salehipour Bavarsad","doi":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102480","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102480","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cities are becoming hotter due to the synergistic effect of climate change and urban heat islands (UHI), posing serious health-related problems among vulnerable population groups. While urban heat vulnerability has gained significant scholarly attention worldwide, we still know little about which socio-demographic groups are disproportionately overexposed to extreme heat waves in hot and arid climatic areas– particularly in the Middle East. To address this research gap, we bring the case of Tehran, Iran, during the two days of nationwide extreme temperature shutdown to examine which population groups were more likely to be over/underexposed to extreme heat hazard. Our findings reveal a clear north-south gap in disproportionate exposure to extreme heat across the city sub-districts, highlighting the historical and intensifying income gap between poor and wealthier residents. In addition, we show that sub-districts with high elderly and female populations tend to have relatively low exposure to heat hazard and better access to both indoor and outdoor cooling infrastructure. On the other hand, our study indicates that children, immigrants, and illiterate residents are overexposed to extreme heat waves and have limited capacity to adapt due to inadequate cooling resources. To date, the nationwide shutdown is how the government tries to protect at-risk population groups from constantly rising temperatures–with obviously no proper strategic plan or heat action guidelines. With the ongoing dramatic vision of global warming, we urge the government to implement socio-technical adaptation policies by prioritizing socio-economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in the heat mitigation agenda.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48626,"journal":{"name":"Urban Climate","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 102480"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144222514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ClimatePub Date : 2025-05-30DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102466
L. Massimi , C. Perrino , M.A. Frezzini , S. Canepari
{"title":"Two-year monitoring of indoor/outdoor PM10 at 15 sites in an urban setting. Part II: source apportionment and oxidative potential","authors":"L. Massimi , C. Perrino , M.A. Frezzini , S. Canepari","doi":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102466","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102466","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Two-year monitoring of indoor and outdoor PM<sub>10</sub> was carried out at 15 residential sites in the urban area of Rome, Italy (May 2019–April 2021) through 12 continuous two-month samplings. PM<sub>10</sub> source apportionment identified nine emission sources: cigarette smoke, biomass burning, vehicular traffic, road dust, soil dust, heavy oil combustion, ammonium nitrate, and sulphate. The major contributions to outdoor PM<sub>10</sub> were from biomass burning in winter and from traffic, especially its non-exhaust component (i.e., brake and road dust), which showed high inter-site variability due to the different micro-locations of the 15 dwellings. Cigarette smoke, where present, was the major indoor source that caused high variability of indoor PM<sub>10</sub> among sites.</div><div>The indoor/outdoor ratio of the identified source contributions indicated that combustion sources showed a great ability to penetrate indoor environments, while coarse particles from road dust, soil dust, and sea spray showed a lower capacity to enter indoors.</div><div>Principal component analysis (PCA) allowed exploring relationships between the OP values and the chemical composition and sources of PM<sub>10</sub>. Cigarette smoke, biomass burning-related sources, and non-exhaust traffic were found to be the major contributors to OP<sup>DCFH</sup>, OP<sup>DTT</sup>, and OP<sup>AA</sup>, respectively, revealing the high potential health impact of PM released from some indoor sources.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48626,"journal":{"name":"Urban Climate","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 102466"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144167421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}