Establishing an air pollution monitoring network for intra-urban population exposure assessment: A location-allocation approach

This study addresses two objectives: (1) to develop a formal method of optimally locating a dense network of air pollution monitoring stations; and (2) to derive an exposure assessment model based on these monitoring data and related land use, population, and biophysical information. Previous studies have located monitors in an ad hoc fashion, favouring the placement of monitors in traffic “hot spots” or in areas deemed subjectively to be of …