Browsing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD) by Author "Volavka-Close, Nicole"

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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 ...

    • 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 ...