COVID-19 and environmental concerns: A rapid review

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

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Review

Sharma, Gagan Deep¹  Tiwari, Aviral Kumar²  Jain, Mansi¹  Yadav, Anshita¹  Srivastava, Mrinalini¹ 

[1] Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha Univ, Univ Sch Management Studies, Sect 16 C, New Delhi, India

[2] Rajagiri Business Sch, Kochi, Kerala, India

关键词: COVID-19;    Rapid review;    Pandemic;    Environment;    Meteorological factors;    Air quality;    Air pollutants;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.rser.2021.111239

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

COVID-19 has slowed global economic growth and consequently impacted the environment as well. Parallelly, the environment also influences the transmission of this novel coronavirus through various factors. Every nation deals with varied population density and size; air quality and pollutants; the nature of land and water, which significantly impact the transmission of coronavirus. The WHO (Ziaeepour et al., 2008) [1] has recommended rapid reviews to provide timely evidence to the policymakers to respond to the emergency. The present study follows a rapid review along with a brief bibliometric analysis of 328 research papers, which synthesizes the evidence regarding the environmental concerns of COVID-19. The novel contribution of this rapid review is threefold. One, we take stock of the diverse findings as regards the transmission of the novel coronavirus in different types of environments for providing conclusive directions to the ongoing debate regarding the transmission of the virus. Two, our findings provide topical insights as well as methodological guidance for future researchers in the field. Three, we inform the policymakers on the efficacy of environmental measures for controlling the spread of COVID-19.

【 授权许可】

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