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How have the Covid pandemic and lockdown affected air quality in cities?

Valentine Quinio and Kathrin Enenkel

Air pollution in cities fell over the course of the first national lockdown, but now meets or exceeds pre-pandemic levels in 80 per cent of places studied.

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City Minutes: How has the pandemic affected air quality in cities?

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Valentine Quinio and Hubert Thieriot on the fall and rise of air pollution in 2020.

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Tackling toxic air in our cities is also a matter of social justice

Valentine Quinio

When comparing the latest deprivation data to nitrogen dioxide background concentration data, the relationship is clear: the most polluted areas are also disproportionately poorer.

Air quality

Is there an economic case for Clean Air Zones?

Valentine Quinio

A number of cities across the UK are preparing for Clean Air Zones. Instead of being a trade-off, Valentine Quinio shows that there is an economic rationale for tackling toxic air.

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Cities Outlook 2020: Why we must clean up the air we breathe

Kathrin Enenkel

Senior Analyst and co-author of Cities Outlook 2020 Kathrin Enenkel on how polluted air is killing thousands of people each year, and particularly affects people living in southern cities.

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Cities Outlook 2020 Launch

27 January 2020

Join us for the launch of our annual health-check of UK cities

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Cities Outlook 2020

Kathrin Enenkel, Valentine Quinio and Paul Swinney

Poor air quality impacts on the health of residents and workers in cities in particular. Cities Outlook 2020 calls for urgent action from local and national government to clean up the air we breathe.

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City Minutes: Cities Outlook 2020 — Air quality in UK cities

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Cities Outlook 2020 takes an in-depth look at air pollution. Senior Analyst Kathrin Enenkel and Researcher Valentine Quinio join Andrew Carter to discuss the main findings and recommendations from the report.

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City Minutes: Urban Voices 2019

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Centre for Cities' Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by the think tank's Policy Officer Simon Jeffrey and Arup's Chief Economist Alexander Jan to discuss the 2019 Urban Voices City Leaders' Survey.

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Urban Voices: UK City Leaders’ Survey 2019

Tatjana Neuhuber, Simon Jeffrey, Siri Arntzen and Zach Wilcox

This report presents findings from the second survey of UK city leaders, providing some understanding of their needs and challenges along with recommendations for national policymakers.

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