Publications

Publications

Abdulrasheed M, MacKenzie A, Whyatt J, Chapman L. (2020).

Allometric scaling of thermal infrared emitted from UK cities and its relation to urban form. City and Environment Interactions, Volume 5, March 2020, 100037, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590252020300180

Cowell N., Chapman L., Bloss W. and Pope F. (2022)

Field Calibration and Evaluation of an Internet-of-Things-Based Particulate Matter Sensor. Front. Environ. Sci. 9:798485. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.798485

Cowell, N., Chapman, L., Bloss, W.J., Srivastava, D., Bartington, S. and Singh, A. (2023)

Particulate matter in a lockdown home: evaluation, calibration, results and health risk from an IoT enabled low-cost sensor network for residential air quality monitoring, Environmental Science: Atmospheres, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2EA00124A

Crilley, L., M. Shaw, R. Pound, L. J. Kramer, R. Price, S. Young, A. C. Lewis and F. D. Pope (2018)

‘Evaluation of a low-cost optical particle counter (Alphasense OPC-N2) for ambient air monitoring’ Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 11, 709-720. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/amt-2017-308.

Zongbo Shi,Congbo Song, Bowen Liu, Gongda Lu, Jingsha Xu, Tuan Van Vu, Robert J. R. Elliott, Weijun Li, William J. Bloss and Roy M. Harrison, (2021),

Abrupt but smaller than expected changes in surface air quality attributable to COVID-19 lockdowns, Science Advances, Vol. 7, no. 3, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd6696

Ghaffarpasand et al., 2020.

Real-world assessment of vehicle air pollutant emissions subset byvehicle type, fuel and EURO class: Newfindings from the recent UK EDAR field campaigns, and implications for emissions restricted zones, Science of the Total Envt, 734. 139416. ISSN 0048-9697

Ghaffarpasand, O. and Pope, F.D. (2024)

Telematics data for geospatial and temporal mapping of urban mobility: New insights into travel characteristics and vehicle specific power, Journal of Transport Geography, 115, 103815, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.103815

Matthaios, V. N., L. N. Kramer, R. Sommariva, F. D. Pope and W. J. Bloss (2018

‘Investigation of vehicle cold start primary NO₂emissions from ambient monitoring data in the UK and their implications for urban air quality’ Atmospheric Environment. In press. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.11.031

Omid Ghaffarpasand, Mark Burke, Louisa K. Osei, Helen Ursell, Sam Chapman and Francis D. Pope (2022)

Vehicle Telematics for Safer, Cleaner and More Sustainable Urban Transport: A Review, Sustainability, 14(24), 16386; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142416386

Osei, L.K., Ghaffarpasand, O. and Pope, F.D., (2021)

Real-World Contribution of Electrification and Replacement Scenarios to the Fleet Emissions in West Midland Boroughs, UK, 12(3), 332, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12030332

Ropkins, R., T. H. DeFries, F. D. Pope, D. C. Green, J. Kemper, S. Kishan, G. W. Fuller, H. Li, J. Sidebottom, L. R. Crilley, L. Kramer, W. J. Bloss, J. S. Hager (2017)

‘Evaluation of EDAR vehicle emissions remote sensing technology’. Science of the Total Environment, 609, 1464-1474 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.137

Xiang, J., Ghaffarpasand, O.  & Pope, F. D. (2024)

Mapping urban mobility using vehicle telematics to understand driving behaviour, Scientific Reports, 14, 3271, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53717-6

Bannister E, Cai X, Zhong J, MacKenzie A. (2020).

Neighbourhood-Scale Flow Regimes and Pollution Transport in Cities. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, volume 179, pages 259–289, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10546-020-00593-y

Nikolova, I., X.-M. Cai, M.S. Alam, S.Z. Rezaei, J. Zhong, A.R. MacKenzie, and R.M. Harrison, 2018

The influence of particle composition upon the evolution of urban ultrafine diesel particles on the neighbourhood scale, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2017-1018

Zhong J, Nikolova I, Cai X, MacKenzie A, Alam M, Xu R, Singh A... Harrison R. (2020).

Traffic-induced multicomponent ultrafine particle microphysics in the WRF v3.6.1 large eddy simulation model: General behaviour from idealised scenarios at the neighbourhood-scale. Atmospheric Environment, https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1352231019308520

Zhong, J., Hood, C., Stocker, K., Handley, H., Wolstencroft, M., Mazzeo, A., Cai, H. and Bloss, W. J.

2021 Using task farming to optimize a street-scale resolution air quality model of the West Midlands (UK). Atmosphere, 12(8), 983, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12080983

Zhong, J., I. Nikolova, X. Cai, A. R. MacKenzie, and R. M. Harrison.

Modelling traffic-induced multicomponent ultrafine particles in urban street canyon compartments: factors that inhibit mixing, Environ. Pollution, 238, 186-195, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.03.002

Adab P, Fitzmaurice D, Dickens AP, Ayres J, Buni H, Cheng KK, Cooper BG, Daley A, Enocson A, Greenfield S, Jolly K, Jowett S, Kalirai K et al.

Cohort profile: The Birmingham COPD Cohort Study. International Journal of Epidemiology doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv350

Bartington SE, Bakolis I, Devakumar D, Kurmi OP, Gulliver J, Chaube G, Manandhar DS, Saville NM, Costello A, Osrin D, Hansell AL, Ayres JG.

Domestic exposure to Carbon Monoxide and Particulate Matter in biomass fuel households in Janakpur, Nepal. Environ Pollut. 2017; 220(Pt A):38- 45.

Bartington, S., Moller, S., Hamilton, I., and Gilbert N. (2019) Summary of four UK government strategies.

Available at: www.anticipate.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/ANTICIPATE-Strategies-Components-1.pdf

CM Wong, H Tsang, HK Lai, GN Thomas*, KB Lam, KP Chan, Q Zheng, JG Ayres, SY Lee, TH Lam, TQ Thach

Cancer mortality risks from long-term exposure to ambient fine particle. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 25 (5): 839-845; 2016. Bartington S

CM Wong, H Tsang, HK Lai, TQ Thach, GN Thomas, KP Chan, SY Lee, JG Ayres, TH Lam, WK Leung.

STROBE-long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate air pollution and hospitalization due to peptic ulcers. Medicine (Baltimore). 95(18):e3543; 2016

Dretzke J, Blissett D, Dave C, Mukherjee R, Price M, Bayliss S, Wu X, Jordan R, Jowett S, Turner A, Moore D.

The cost-effectiveness of domiciliary non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in patients with end-stage COPD. A systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment 2015; 19(81)

Hall, J, Zhong, J, Jowett, S, Mazzeo, A, Thomas, G.N, Bryson, J, Dewar, S, Inglis, N, Wolstencroft, M, Muller, CL, Bloss, WJ, Harrison, R, Bartington, S (2024)

Regional impact assessment of air quality improvement: The air quality lifecourse assessment tool (AQ-LAT) for the West Midlands combined authority (WMCA), Environmental Pollution, 123871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123871

Improving air quality and health – for all

Birmingham Health Partners, blog post: www.birminghamhealthpartners.co.uk/clean-air-for-all/

Jolly K, Sidhu M, Hewitt C, Coventry PA, Daley A, Jordan R, Heneghan C, Singh S Ives N, Adab P, Jowett S, Varghese J, Nunan D, Ahmed K, Dowson L, Fitzmaurice D.

Patient self-management in primary care patients with mild COPD - a randomised controlled trial of telephone health coaching. BMJ 2018. 361, k2241

Jordan R, Adab P, Sitch A, Enocson A, Blissett D, Jowett S, Marsh J, Riley RD, Miller MR, Cooper BG, Turner AM, Jolly C, Ayres J, Haroon S, Stockley R, Greenfield S, Siebert S, Daley A, Cheng K, Fitzmaurice D.

Targeted case finding for COPD versus routine practice in primary care (TargetCOPD): a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2016; 4 (9), 720–730.

Jordan RE, Majothi S, Heneghan NR, Blissett D, Riley RD, Sitch AJ, Price MJ, Bates EJ, Turner AM, Bayliss S, Moore DJ, Singh SJ, Adab P, Fitzmaurice DA, Jowett S, Jolly K.

Supported self-management for patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): an evidence synthesis and economic analysis. Health Technology Assessment 2015; 19(36)

Lambe T, Adab P, Jordan R, Sitch A, Enocson A, Jolly K, Marsh J, Riley RD, Miller MR, Cooper BG, Turner AM, Ayres J, Stockley R, Greenfield S, Siebert S, Daley A, Cheng KK, Fitzmaurice D, Jowett S.

A model-based evaluation of the long-term cost-effectiveness of systematic case-finding for COPD in primary care. Thorax, 08 Jul 2019, 74(8):730-739

Pritchett, R., Bartington, S., Thomas, G.N. (2024)

Exploring expectations and lived experiences of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Birmingham, UK, Travel Behaviour and Society, 100800, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2024.100800

Simpson, O., Elliott, M., Muller, C., Jones, T., Hentsch, P., Rooney, D., Cowell, N., Bloss, W., & Bartington, S. (2022).

Evaluating Actions to Improve Air Quality at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Sustainability, vol 14, Issue 18. 11128. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811128

Clean Air Day, City-Regions and Responsible Citizenship: The Invisible Killer and Zero Carbon Emissions

Andres, L., Bryson J.R. and Moawad P. (2021),

‘Temporary urbanisms as policy alternatives to enhance health and well-being in the post-pandemic city’, Current Environmental Health Reports, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40572-021-00314-8

Bryson, J.R., Andres, L. (UCL), Ersoy, A. (Tu-Delft) and Reardon, L. (INLOGOV), (2020)

Living with Pandemics: People, Place and Policy, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, publication August 2021.

Ferranti, E.J.S., MacKenzie, A.R., Ashworth K., and Hewitt C.N. 2017.

First Steps in Urban Air Quality. A Trees and Design Action Group (TDAG) Guidance Document. UK: London. Available from: Epapers or Research-Gate DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29538.22726

Greater London Authority Guide – Using green infrastructure to protect people from air pollution. 

Produced in consultation with the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (University of Birmingham), the Global Centre for Clean Air Research (University of Surrey) and Transport for London.
https://www.london.gov.uk/WHAT-WE-DO/environment/environment-publications/using-green-infrastructure-protect-people-air-pollution

Hewitt, C. N., K. Ashworth, and A.R. MacKenzie. (2019)

Using green infrastructure to improve urban air quality (GI4AQ). Ambio,
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-019-01164-3

MacKenzie, A.R., D. Whyatt, M. Barnes, G. Davies. and C.N. Hewitt (2019)

Urban form strongly mediates the allometric scaling of airshed pollution concentrations, Environ. Res. Lett. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab50e3

The Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG) - Impacts of Vegetation on Urban Air Pollution July 2018

https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/reports.php?report_id=966

Rajé F., M. Tight and F. D. Pope. (2018)

‘Traffic pollution: a search for solutions for a city like Nairobi’. Cities. 
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2018.05.008