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COVID-19 and the environment: A critical review and research agenda
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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.
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- Authors
- Shakil, M. H., Munim, Z. H., Tasnia, M., & Sarowar, S.
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-11
- Volume
- 745
- Pages
- 141022
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3042533667
- Cited by
- 313
- References
- 29
- FWCI
- 24.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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