Browsing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD) by Author "Chillrud, Steven N"
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High airborne black carbon concentrations measured near roadways in Nairobi, Kenya
.Kinney, Patrick L; Yan, Beizhan; Sclar, Elliott; Volavka-Close, Nicole; Ngo, Nicole S.; Mwaniki, Samuel; Law, Anna; Ndiba, Peter K; Gachanja, Anthony; Graeff, Jennifer; Chillrud, Steven N; Gatari, Michael J. (University of Nairobi, 2019-03)Airborne black carbon (BC) particles have serious implications for human health and climate change and thus represent a prime target for mitigation policies. The sources of BC include vehicles burning diesel fuel, which ... -
Occupational exposure to roadway emissions and inside informal settlements in sub-Saharan Africa: A pilot study in Nairobi, Kenya
Ngo, Nicole S; Gatari, Michael; Yan, Beizhan; Chillrud, Steven N; Bouhamam, Kheira; Kinney, Patrick L (Univerisyt of Nairobi, 2015)Few studies examine urban air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), yet urbanization rates there are among the highest in the world. In this study, we measured 8-hr average occupational exposure levels of fine particulate ... -
Traffic Impacts on PM2.5 Air Quality in Nairobi, Kenya
Kinney, Patrick L; Gichuru, Michael Gatari; Volavka-Close, Nicole; Ngo, Nicole; Ndiba, Peter K; Law, Anna; Gachanja, Anthony; Gaita, Samuel Mwaniki; Chillrud, Steven N; Sclar, Elliott (2012)Motor vehicle traffic is an important source of particulate pollution in cities of the developing world, where rapid growth, coupled with a lack of effective transport and land use planning, may result in harmful levels ...