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Editor, Senior Moderator
Sci Total Environ
. 2020 Jul 17;745:141022.
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141022. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 and the environment: A critical review and research agenda
Mohammad Hassan Shakil[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ziaul Haque Munim[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mashiyat Tasnia[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Shahin Sarowar[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The current Coronavirus infection (COVID-19) outbreak has had a substantial impact on many aspects of general life. Although a number of studies have been published on the topic already, there has not been a critical review of studies on the impacts of COVID-19 by and on environmental factors. The current study fills this gap by presenting a critical analysis of 57 studies on the nexus between COVID-19 and the environment, published in nine journals up to May 2020. Majority of the studies in our sample are published in Science of the Total Environment (74%), and studies used mostly descriptive statistics and regression as research methods. We identified four underlying research clusters based on a systematic content analysis of the studies. The clusters are: (1) COVID-19 and environmental degradation, (2) COVID-19 and air pollution, (3) COVID-19 and climate/metrological factors and (4) COVID-19 and temperature. Besides a critical analysis of the studies in each cluster, we propose research questions to guide future research on the relationship between COVID-19 and the environment.
Keywords: Air pollution; COVID-19; Environmental pollution; Literature review; Pandemic.
. 2020 Jul 17;745:141022.
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141022. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 and the environment: A critical review and research agenda
Mohammad Hassan Shakil[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ziaul Haque Munim[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mashiyat Tasnia[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Shahin Sarowar[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32711074
- DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141022
Abstract
The current Coronavirus infection (COVID-19) outbreak has had a substantial impact on many aspects of general life. Although a number of studies have been published on the topic already, there has not been a critical review of studies on the impacts of COVID-19 by and on environmental factors. The current study fills this gap by presenting a critical analysis of 57 studies on the nexus between COVID-19 and the environment, published in nine journals up to May 2020. Majority of the studies in our sample are published in Science of the Total Environment (74%), and studies used mostly descriptive statistics and regression as research methods. We identified four underlying research clusters based on a systematic content analysis of the studies. The clusters are: (1) COVID-19 and environmental degradation, (2) COVID-19 and air pollution, (3) COVID-19 and climate/metrological factors and (4) COVID-19 and temperature. Besides a critical analysis of the studies in each cluster, we propose research questions to guide future research on the relationship between COVID-19 and the environment.
Keywords: Air pollution; COVID-19; Environmental pollution; Literature review; Pandemic.