Urban Air Pollution Exposure and Health Vulnerability

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Atmosphere is now compiling a collection of outstanding papers in the field of “Urban air pollution and health”.

Earth is continuously urbanising, and there are new pressing urban issues in the scientific community, such as the triple crisis of urban pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change, as well as their cascading hazards. Urban living is synonymous with higher multiple exposures to several environmental stressors, such as traffic-related air pollution, urban heat island, and landscape transformation. A new urban science is auspicable to face these isuues, bringing multiple disciplines together and characterised by a transdisciplinary approach.

We encourage papers focusing on associations between multiple types of urban exposures (air pollution, noise, heat, and artificial light, including effects associated with a lack of greenspace and weather extremes) and human health. In this context, we welcome studies focussing on the effects of criteria pollutants, fine particulate matter, and emerging or unregulated pollutants (e.g., ultrafine particles and black carbon). In addition, studies that explore toxicological indicators, features of particulate matter that induce oxidative stress (e.g., oxidative potential), and epidemiological outcomes of atmospeheric pollutants in urban areas are encouarged.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to publish a set of insightful and influential papers composed of either original contributions or reviews. All papers in this Special Issue will be collected into a printed edition book.

Dr. Daniele Contini
Dr. Francesca Costabile
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Atmosphere is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• air pollution
• ultrafine particles
• black carbon
• pollutants of emerging concern
• toxicology
• epidemiology
• exposome
• one health
• oxidative stress