"Outdoor is a major global public health issue (Cohen et al., 2017), leading to 4.14 million non-accidental premature deaths in both urban and rural areas worldwide in 2019 alone (Global Burden of Disease, 2019). In 2016, 54 % of the world's population lived in urban areas (United Nations, 2018), where ground-level (O3), particles with an aerodynamic diameter lower than 2.5 (), and (NO2) are the most harmful air pollutants for human health (Pascal et al., 2013; McDuffie et al., 2021; Anenberg et al., 2022). By 2050, 70 % of the world's population will reside urban areas (United Nations, 2018), and outdoor air pollution would lead to about 6.6 million premature deaths (Lelieveld et al., 2015). Air pollution also adversely affects biodiversity, ecosystems, and ecosystem services, such as (Agathokleous et al., 2020; Hu et al., 2022; Perring et al., 2022)."
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