Road Dust in Urban and Industrial Environments Sources, Pollutants, Impacts, and Management

• Other Authors: Vlasov, Dmitry (Editor), Ramírez, Omar (Editor), Luhar, Ashok (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Environmental economics; Pollution control; urban sediment; urban landscape; sediment transport; municipal service; earthworks; environmental management; potentially toxic metal; road dust; industrial area; pollution assessment; ecological risk; heavy metals; Mexico City; urban pollution; urban form; color indices; redness; hue; saturation; lead; pollution; gross alpha activity; gross beta activity urban environment; sediment; size fraction; urban environment; residential area; urban surface deposited sediments; technogenic particles; slag; spherules; microplastic; plaster; urban dust; metal concentration; multi-stable isotopes (13C, 207/206Pb); contamination assessment; source identification; particulate matter; source apportionment analysis; health risk assessment; Huludao; PM10; dust resuspension; sediment load; non-exhaust emissions; chemical profile; enrichment factors; Colombia; geo-accumulation index; inhalation; resuspension; cancer; fugitive dust; unpaved roads; emission factors; paved roads; emission rates; metals; street dust; enrichment factor; Vietnam; ultrafine particles; UFP; aerosolization; incidental nanoparticles; air pollution; dry sieving; human health risk; exposure; optical analysis; Western Siberia; potentially toxic elements; traffic-related contamination; road dust and road pavement; particle size distribution; source apportionment; environmental interactions; toxic elements and compounds; nanoparticles and microplastic; spatial variation and modeling; health and ecological risks; mitigation strategies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book brings together the results of field, experimental, and modeling studies related to road dust and its various size fractions as a key issue in understanding the relationships between several urban and industrial environments, and in the identification of pollution sources. The book is inte...